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Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Lily + tree.
<botany> A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.
(01 Mar 1998)
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