tulip tree

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.

Origin of tulip tree

An Americanism dating back to 1695–1705

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Examples from the Web for tulip tree

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
Experience has taught us that the falling of the blossoms of the horse-chestnut and tulip-tree foretell the time of mating.
Nests and Eggs of Birds of The United States|Thomas G. Gentry
The Indians knew the value of the tulip-tree as well as its beauty.
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885|Various
In the lower part of the garden there are high trees, and, amongst these, the tulip-tree and the live-oak.
Rural Rides|William Cobbett

There was the little iron box with his name on it nailed to the tulip-tree; there was the red signal to be adjusted.
The Best Short Stories of 1919|Various

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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tulip tree

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