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tulipwood tree

DEFINITIONS OF: tulipwood tree

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n any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood

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Thespesia populnea, bendy tree, portia tree, seaside mahoe
pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
harpullia
any of various tree of the genus Harpullia
Harpullia cupanioides, harpulla
fast-growing tree of India and East Indies yielding a wood used especially for building
Harpullia pendula, Moreton Bay tulipwood
Australian tree yielding a variegated tulipwood
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a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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