tulipwood tree

Noun
  1. Any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood (synset 112208806)
    is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
    subtypes:
    • bendy tree, portia tree, seaside mahoe, thespesia populnea - pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
    • harpullia - any of various tree of the genus Harpullia
    substance holonym: tulipwood - the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees

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