Tulip Tree (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. 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.
noun
  1. a North American magnoliaceous forest tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, having tulip-shaped greenish-yellow flowers and long conelike fruits
  2. a similar and related Chinese tree, L. chinense
  3. any of various other trees with tulip-shaped flowers, such as the magnolia
Tulip Tree (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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