tulip tree

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noun

Also called tulip poplar, yellow poplar . a tall tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, of the magnolia family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, cup-shaped, green and orange flowers: the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

African tulip tree.

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Origin of tulip tree

An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705

Words nearby tulip tree

tule fog, tule perch, tulip, tulip chair, tulipomania, tulip tree, tulipwood, Tull, Tullahoma, Tullamore, tulle

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How to use tulip tree in a sentence

Before I rode off, I dug up some roots of the tulip-tree and chewed them, swallowing the juice, till I reached camp.
The Backwoodsman|Various
The tulip-tree grows best in warm loam in which there is a mixture of sand and vegetable mould superposed on clay and gravel.
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885|Various
The association of the bird with the flower goes further than color, too; for the tulip-tree is a favorite haunt of the orioles.
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885|Various
In one way the tulip-tree is closely connected with the most picturesque and interesting period of American development.
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885|Various

A rock jutting over the flood formed a convenient seat, and a tulip-tree lent a grateful shade.
Audrey|Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for tulip tree

tulip tree

noun

Also called: tulip poplar, yellow poplar a North American magnoliaceous forest tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, having tulip-shaped greenish-yellow flowers and long conelike fruits

a similar and related Chinese tree, L. chinense

any of various other trees with tulip-shaped flowers, such as the magnolia

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