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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



... does thy horn Inform the gnomes and goblins of the hour When they may gambol under haw and thorn, Straddling each winking web and twinkling flower? Or bell-ringer of Elfland? whose tall tower The liriodendron is? from whence is borne The elfin music of thy bell's deep bass, To summon fairies to their starlit maze, To summon them ...
— Weeds by the Wall - Verses • Madison J. Cawein


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


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