tulip poplar

noun

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October is typically the busiest month in the Great Smoky Mountains, when the tulip poplars turn yellow and the sugar maples blaze red. Graham Averill, Outside, 22 Oct. 2025 The tree species expected to be available include Ohio buckeye, tulip poplar, white flowering dogwood, white pine and yellowwood. Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2025 This simple, sturdy bed frame is made in Athens, Georgia, from tulip poplar. Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 15 May 2025 Dogwood and tulip poplar lost their leaves in July. Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tulip poplar

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First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of tulip poplar was in 1847

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“Tulip poplar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tulip%20poplar. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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