TULIP TREE


Meaning of TULIP TREE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1705

1. : a tall North American timber tree ( Liriodendron tulipifera ) of the magnolia family having large greenish-yellow tulip-shaped flowers and soft white wood used especially for cabinetwork and woodenware — called also tulip poplar, yellow poplar

2. : any of various trees other than the tulip tree with tulip-shaped flowers

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.