Liriodendron tulipifera
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 • Syn: tulip tree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar, canary whitewood • Hypernyms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree • Member Holonyms: Liriodendron, genus Liriodendron • Substance Meronyms: tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar
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