Definition of Liriodendron. Meaning of Liriodendron. Synonyms of Liriodendron

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Definition of Liriodendron

Liriodendron
Liriodendron Lir`i*o*den"dron (l[i^]r`[i^]*[-o]*d[e^]n"dr[o^]n), n.; pl. Liriodendra (-dr[.a]). [NL., fr. Gr. lei`rion lily + de`ndron tree.] (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.
Liriodendron
Whitewood White"wood`, n. The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. Note: Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc. Whitewood bark. See the Note under Canella.

Meaning of Liriodendron from wikipedia

- Liriodendron (/ˌlaɪriəˈdɛndrən, ˌlɪr-, -ioʊ-/) is a genus of two species of characteristically large trees, deciduous over most of their po****tions, in...
- Liriodendron tulipifera—known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tulipwood, tuliptree, tulip poplar, whitewood, fiddletree, lynn-tree, hickory-poplar...
- Liriodendron chinense (commonly known as the Chinese tulip poplar, Chinese tulip tree or Chinese whitewood) is Asia's native species in the genus Liriodendron...
- Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC. Synonyms Lirianthe coco (Lour.) N.H.Xia & C.Y.Wu Liriodendron coco Lour. Liriopsis pumila Spach ex Baill. Talauma coco (Lour.) Merr...
- described by Portuguese missionary and naturalist João de Loureiro as Liriodendron figo, it was reclassified as Michelia figo by German botanist Curt Polycarp...
- tremuloides, American aspen Liriodendron, the genus of tulip poplars Yellow poplar or tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) Liriodendron chinense, Chinese tulip...
- family, in the order Magnoliales. It consists of two genera: Magnolia and Liriodendron (tulip trees). Unlike most angiosperms, whose flower parts are in whorls...
- ruled not to be acceptable. These species were published as Liriodendron coco and Liriodendron figo by J. de Loureiro in Flora Cochinchinensis (1790) and...
- Liriodendron is a historic home and estate located at Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It was the summer home of Laetitia and Dr Howard...
- with notable exceptions being the magnolias and American tulip tree (Liriodendron)—which belong to the magnoliids—and Ginkgo biloba, which is not an angiosperm...