tulip tree

Noun

1.

tulip tree - 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 Synonyms: canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, yellow poplar

angiospermous tree, canary whitewood, flowering tree, genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron, Liriodendron tulipifera, true tulipwood, tulip poplar, tulipwood, white poplar, whitewood, yellow poplar