TULIPWOOD
Dictionary entry overview: What does tulipwood mean?
• TULIPWOOD (noun)
The noun TULIPWOOD has 2 senses:
1. the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees
2. light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
Familiarity information: TULIPWOOD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TULIPWOOD (noun)
Meaning:
The variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("tulipwood" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("tulipwood" is a substance of...):
tulipwood tree (any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood)
Meaning:
Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
true tulipwood; whitewood; yellow poplar; tulipwood; white poplar
Hypernyms ("tulipwood" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Holonyms ("tulipwood" is a substance of...):
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)
