tulipwood tree

/ˌtuləpˈwʊd tri/

Definitions of tulipwood tree

1. noun

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

   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

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms