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Incorporated in the suit design were the Kentucky state flower, a golden rod, the state tree, tulip poplar, wild roses, redbuds, dogwoods, and tobacco leaves.
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
From the park office, strike out on Hidden Pond Trail though 190-year-old tulip poplars.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2019
Since the celebrations began in 2003, the county has planted over 33,000 native trees, including red maple, tulip poplar, white oak, black walnut, eastern red cedar and redbud, according to a news release.
—Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2023
Kentucky The tulip poplar is Kentucky's state tree.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
To celebrate, the college planted a tulip poplar tree outside McGeorge Hall that will grow to 60 to 90 feet tall by 30 to 50 feet wide.
—I.c. Murrell, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2022
For houses to be built, trees often must fall, and Zumot cleared the lot of more than a dozen smaller ones before he was faced with a final obstacle: an enormous tulip poplar that towered over the lot.
—Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
Roughly 80 feet up in a tulip poplar tree on the expansive property, located off New York Avenue NE, sits a nest that’s been home for several years to a pair of bald eagles named Mr. President and the First Lady.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
In the autumn, prepare yourself for a rainbow of fall delight as the surrounding sugar maple, white oak, tulip poplar and yellow birch trees show off their true colors.
—Kelly Sundstrom, ajc, 12 Sep. 2016
Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
From the park office, strike out on Hidden Pond Trail though 190-year-old tulip poplars.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2019
Since the celebrations began in 2003, the county has planted over 33,000 native trees, including red maple, tulip poplar, white oak, black walnut, eastern red cedar and redbud, according to a news release.
—Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2023
Kentucky The tulip poplar is Kentucky's state tree.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
To celebrate, the college planted a tulip poplar tree outside McGeorge Hall that will grow to 60 to 90 feet tall by 30 to 50 feet wide.
—I.c. Murrell, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2022
For houses to be built, trees often must fall, and Zumot cleared the lot of more than a dozen smaller ones before he was faced with a final obstacle: an enormous tulip poplar that towered over the lot.
—Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
Roughly 80 feet up in a tulip poplar tree on the expansive property, located off New York Avenue NE, sits a nest that’s been home for several years to a pair of bald eagles named Mr. President and the First Lady.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
In the autumn, prepare yourself for a rainbow of fall delight as the surrounding sugar maple, white oak, tulip poplar and yellow birch trees show off their true colors.
—Kelly Sundstrom, ajc, 12 Sep. 2016
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1847, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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