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tulip tree

DEFINITIONS OF: tulip tree

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n tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work

Synonyms:
Liriodendron tulipifera, canary whitewood, tulip poplar, yellow poplar
Type of:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
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