Definitions for tulip-tree

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tulip-tree tulip tree

Tulip-Tree is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in tulip-tree (-eeilprttu).

Definitions for tulip-tree

noun

1. Also called tulip poplar, yellow poplar. a tall tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, of the magnolia family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, cup-shaped, green and orange flowers: the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
2. African tulip tree.

Origin of tulip-tree

An Americanism dating back to 1695-1705

Examples for tulip-tree

The tulip tree is a cousin, rather than a sister, to the foregoing magnolias.

Ten of these men were suspended upon a tulip tree, which is yet standing—a venerable giant of the forest.

The flowers of trees give names to tulip tree, silver-bell tree, and fringe tree.

The tulip tree there has reached a height of 105 feet, with a girth of 17 feet.

The trees in the park are all full of flowers, like the tulip tree and the chestnut in bloom.

Rays all fine but somewhat less distinct than in tulip tree.

The wood used in the brick and frame houses here is of the tulip tree, which is abundant, worked easily, and lasts long.

True to her word, Aunt Molly had him laid under the tulip tree.

"Bury me under the tulip tree on top of the hill overlooking the Rivanna," begged one of the sick British officers.

In Europe the tulip tree has been a favorite since its discovery and exportation by the American colonists.