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Noun: tulip poplar  't(y)oo-lip 'póp-lu(r)
  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, yellow poplar, canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera

Derived forms: tulip poplars

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Part of: genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron

Encyclopedia: Tulip poplar

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