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tulip tree
noun
1.
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.
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1695–1705, Americanism
1695–1705, Americanism
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Tulip tree
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| tulip tree | |
| —n | |
| 1. | tulip poplar, Also called: yellow poplar a North American magnoliaceous forest tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, having tulip-shaped greenish-yellow flowers and long conelike fruits |
| 2. | a similar and related Chinese tree, L. chinense |
| 3. | any of various other trees with tulip-shaped flowers, such as the magnolia |
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