GENUS LIRIODENDRON
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Liriodendron mean? • GENUS LIRIODENDRON (noun)
The noun GENUS LIRIODENDRON has 1 sense:
1. tulip trees
Familiarity information: GENUS LIRIODENDRON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS LIRIODENDRON (noun)
Meaning:
Tulip trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Liriodendron; Liriodendron
Hypernyms ("genus Liriodendron" is a kind of...):
magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Liriodendron"):
canary whitewood; Liriodendron tulipifera; tulip poplar; tulip tree; yellow poplar (tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work)
Holonyms ("genus Liriodendron" is a member of...):
family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family; Magnoliaceae (subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia)
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