yellow poplar

1. (noun) 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: Liriodendron tulipifera, canary whitewood, tulip poplar, tulip tree
Related Words: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

2. (noun) light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
Synonyms: true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, whitewood
Related Words: wood



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