Meaning of TULIPWOOD
| Pronunciation: | | 'toolip `wûd
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- [n] light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
- [n] the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees
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| | Synonyms: | | true tulipwood, white poplar, whitewood, yellow poplar |
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| | See Also: | | canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, tulip tree, tulipwood tree, wood | |
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| | Definition: | | \Tu"lip*wood`\, n.
The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree
({Physocalymna floribunda}), much used by cabinetmakers for
inlaying.
{Queensland tulipwood}, the variegated wood of an Australian
sapindaceous tree ({Harpullia pendula}). --J. Smith (Dict.
Econ. Plants).
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