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Liriodendron   Listen
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Liriodendron  n.  (pl. liriodendra)  (Bot.) 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.





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"Liriodendron" Quotes from Famous Books



... the tulip-tree, or Liriodendron Tulipferum, the most magnificent of American foresters, has a trunk peculiarly smooth, and often rises to a great height without lateral branches; but, in its riper age, the bark becomes gnarled and uneven, ...
— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe


Words linked to "Liriodendron" :   tulip tree, family Magnoliaceae, canary whitewood, genus Liriodendron, Magnoliaceae, tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, magnoliid dicot genus, magnolia family


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