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Noun: canary whitewood
  1. 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
    - tulip tree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera

Derived forms: canary whitewoods

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Part of: genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron