| 单词 | tulip poplar |
| 释义 | > as lemmastulip poplar 3. Any of several trees of other families: (a) North American (more fully tulip poplar or yellow poplar), the tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera (family Magnoliaceae), an ornamental and timber tree which has wood resembling that of the poplars; the wood of this tree; (b) Australian (more fully native poplar), either of two small trees with leaves resembling those of many poplars, the bleeding heart tree, Omalanthus nutans (family Euphorbiaceae), of western Australia (also Queensland poplar), and the horseradish tree, Codonocarpus cotinifolius (family Gyrostemonaceae), of central Australia. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] > Australian poplar mustard tree1619 poplar1700 horseradish tree1859 native poplar1889 Queensland poplar1890 radish tree1898 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > tulip-tree or flowers poplar1700 tulip-tree1705 tulip1759 yellow poplar1759 canoewood1762 liriodendron1802 white poplar1814 saddle leaf1820 saddle-tree1843 tulip poplar1869 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 1700 Philos. Trans. 1699 (Royal Soc.) 21 437 Here [in Maryland] is a sort of Poplar that makes good White Plank, it is a large Tree, and bears a Flower like a Tulip. 1766 Compl. Farmer Tulip-tree,..a native of North America,..is generally known through all the English settlements by the title of poplar. 1774 J. R. Peyton Let. 21 July in J. L. Peyton Adventures of My Grandfather (1867) 127 The forest of Kentucky consists of yellow and white poplar, walnut, red bud. 1843 J. Torrey Flora State N.Y. I. 28 Tulip Tree. Tulip Poplar... The bark is a stimulating tonic and diaphoretic. 1868 A. Gray Field, Forest, & Garden Bot. 42 L[iriodendron] tulipifera. A tall, very handsome tree, in rich soil, commonest W[est], where it, or the light and soft lumber (much used in cabinet-work), is called White-wood, and even Poplar. 1889 E. Giles Austral. Twice Traversed II. 195 There was nothing but the native poplar for the camels to eat, and they devoured the leaves with great apparent relish, though to my human taste it is about the most disgusting of vegetables. 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 365 Poplar, in Queensland, a timber-tree, Carumbium populifolium. 1955 Sci. News Let. 7 May 302/2 The tulip tree is also variously known as tulip poplar, yellow poplar, whitewood and fiddle-tree. 1979 J. Wrigley & M. Fagg Austral. Native Plants 194 Codonocarpus cotinifolius..Native poplar. Tall, pyramidal tree. Leaves are poplar-like, grey-green. 2005 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 29 Apr. b4 The tulip tree, also known as the yellow poplar, has square-shaped leaves and tulip-like flowers. Indigenous to these parts, the tulip tree is lovely in all seasons. tulip poplar tulip poplar n. = tulip-tree n. 1 (see poplar n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > tulip-tree or flowers poplar1700 tulip-tree1705 tulip1759 yellow poplar1759 canoewood1762 liriodendron1802 white poplar1814 saddle leaf1820 saddle-tree1843 tulip poplar1869 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 99 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Endecatomus rugosus..has been also taken under the bark of tulip poplars. tulip poplar a. A large North American tree, Liriodendron Tulipifera (N.O. Magnoliaceæ), bearing flowers resembling large tulips of a greenish colour variegated with yellow and orange; also called tulip poplar, saddle-tree (from the shape of its peculiar truncated leaves), and whitewood. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > North American trees or shrubs > [noun] > tulip-tree or flowers poplar1700 tulip-tree1705 tulip1759 yellow poplar1759 canoewood1762 liriodendron1802 white poplar1814 saddle leaf1820 saddle-tree1843 tulip poplar1869 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia ii. iv. 25 The large Tulip-Tree, which we call a Poplar. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 376 The leaves and roots of the tulip tree,..recommended as an useful bitter. 1857 P. H. Gosse Omphalos vii. 165 This noble Tulip-tree.., a giant of this primeval forest. < as lemmas |
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