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 Meaning of TULIP TREE
| Pronunciation: |  | 'toolip tree 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  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 |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, yellow poplar |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | angiospermous tree, flowering tree, genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron, true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, whitewood |  |     |    |  |