Main Entry: tulip tree

Function: noun

Date: 1705

1 : a tall North American timber tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) of the magnolia family having large greenish-yellow tulip-shaped flowers and soft white wood used especially for cabinetwork and woodenware —called also tulip poplar, yellow poplar
2 : any of various trees other than the tulip tree with tulip-shaped flowers