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‖ liriodendron|laɪərɪəʊˈdɛndrɒn| [mod.L., f. Gr. λείριον lily + δένδρον tree.] A genus of plants, family Magnoliaceæ, of which the N. American Tulip-tree is the only representative.
[1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Liriodendrum,..a name given by Linnæus to a genus of plants called tulipifera by Catesby and others, and by us the tulip tree.] 1802M. Cutler in Life etc. (1888) II. 104 A number of trees, magnolias, bignonias, Liriodendrons, etc. 1847Nat. Encycl. I. 925 The liriodendron. |