tulip tree

English

tuliptree flower and foliage

Alternative forms

• tuliptree, tulip-tree

Noun

tulip tree (plural tulip trees)

1. (botany) A North American tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, that has squarish leaves, cone-shaped fruit and an aromatic odor, of the family Magnoliaceae.
2. (botany) A tropical tree (Thespesia populnea, Indian tulip tree), of family Malvaceae.
3. (botany) Markhamia lutea; Nile tulip tree, of family Bignoniaceae.
4. (botany) Spathodea campanulata; African tulip tree, of family Bignoniaceae.

Synonyms

• (North American tree): yellow poplar, American tulip tree, tulip poplar, saddle tree, whitewood, fiddle-tree
• (West Indian tree):
• (Nile tulip tree):
• (African tulip tree):

Hypernyms

• tree

Derived terms

• American tulip tree

 

Translations

Liriodendron tulipifera

• Catalan: tuliper de Virgínia m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北美鵝掌楸／北美鹅掌楸 (Běiměiézhǎngqiū)

• Czech: liliovník m inan
• French: tulipier (fr) m
• German: Tulpenbaum (de) m, Amerikanischer Tulpenbaum m
• Irish: crann tiúilipí m
• Korean: 백합나무 (baekhamnamu), 튤립나무 (tyullimnamu)
• Occitan: tulipièr m
• Polish: tulipanowiec (pl) m
• Swedish: tulpanträd (sv) n
• Volapük: liriod

References

• Tulip tree (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thespesia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Liriodendron tulipifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Liriodendron tulipifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Markhamia lutea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thespesia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Spathodea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• tulip tree at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• pretulite