tuliptree
tuliptree is the alternative form of tulip tree.
Meaning of tulip tree
Noun
tulip tree (plural tulip trees)
- A North American tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, that has squarish leaves, cone-shaped fruit and an aromatic odor, of the family Magnoliaceae.
- Synonyms:
- yellow poplar, American tulip tree, tulip poplar, saddle tree, whitewood, fiddle-tree
- Indian tulip tree, a tropical tree (Thespesia populnea, family Malvaceae).
- Nile tulip tree (Markhamia lutea, family Bignoniaceae).
- African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata, of family Bignoniaceae).
Forms of tuliptree
| plural | tuliptrees |
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Origin of tuliptree
From tulip + tree.
Questions about tuliptree
- What is tuliptree the alternative form of?
- Tuliptree is the alternative form of tulip tree.
Words near tuliptree in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tuliptree (page history and authors); tulip tree (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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