tulip tree

Meaning

Noun

• A North American tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, that has squarish leaves, cone-shaped fruit and an aromatic odour.
• A West Indian malvaceous tree in genus Thespesia (genus).
• Markhamia lutea (species), the Nile tulip tree, in family Bignoniaceae
• Spathodea (genus), the African tulip tree, a genus in family Bignoniaceae

Related

Similar words

• yellow poplar, tulip poplar

Broader meaning words

• tree