tulip tree
Noun
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Noun
tulip tree (plural tulip trees)
- (botany) A North American tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, that has squarish leaves, cone-shaped fruit and an aromatic odour.
- (botany) A West Indian malvaceous tree in genus Thespesia.
- (botany) Markhamia lutea, the Nile tulip tree, in family Bignoniaceae
- (botany) Spathodea, the African tulip tree, a genus in family Bignoniaceae
- (North American tree) yellow poplar, tulip poplar
- (West Indian tree)
- (Nile tulip tree)
- (African tulip tree)
- French: tulipier
- German: Tulpenbaum, Amerikanischer Tulpenbaum
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