tulip-treen.
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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.
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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.
b. Applied to other trees with tulip-like flowers, as species of Magnolia, and the mountain mahoe ( Paritium elatum or Hibiscus elatus, N.O. Malvaceæ) of the West Indies.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > magnolias
sweet bay1716
umbrella-tree1739
swamp laurel1743
magnolia1748
tulip-tree1751
beaver-tree1756
tulip-laurel1766
champakc1770
cucumber-tree1784
mountain magnolia1785
swamp sassafras1796
laurel magnolia1806
beaver-wood1810
big laurel1810
yulan1822
chatta1834
cucumber1835
port wine magnolia1943
magnolioid1988
1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 487 The great-flowered Magnolia, the Laurel-leaved Tulip-tree.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Tulip-tree, Chinese, Magnolia fuscata.
2. Applied in Australia to two proteaceous trees with brilliantly coloured flowers:
a. A Victorian and Tasmanian species of Waratah, Telopea orcades, also called native tulip (see tulip n. 1b).
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banksia1787
waratah1793
honeysuckle1803
pinkwood1824
honeysuckle tree1825
rose1825
blue bush1828
dogwood1828
parrotbill1829
tulip-tree1830
whitebeard1832
swamp-oak1833
bauera1835
mungitec1837
bottlebrush1839
clianthus1841
glory-pea1848
boronia1852
koromiko1855
pituri1861
Sturt's pea1865
scrub vine1866
pea-bush1867
cotton-bush1876
Australian honeysuckle1881
peach myrtle1882
saloop bush1884
naupaka1888
dog rose1896
native tulip1898
snow bush1909
wedding-bush1923
Hebe1961
mountain pepper1965
1830 Hobart Town Almanack 66 That magnificent shrub called warratah or tulip-tree, and its beautiful scarlet flowers.
1835 Ross's Hobart Town Almanack & Van Diemen's Land Ann. 110 The generic name [Telopea]..has been corrupted into tulip tree, to which it bears not the least resemblance.
b. Stenocarpus cunninghami, of Queensland.
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burrawang1826
water gum1826
kaikomako1832
karaka1834
kawa-kawa1838
peppermint1838
bottle tree1844
ngaio1849
Grevillea1853
red birch1853
wooden pear1860
muskwood1866
sugar-tree1866
tulip-tree1866
hop-bush1883
mock orange1884
mountain beech1884
sage tree1884
tile-seed1884
mutton-bird scrub1889
red birch1889
silver-tree1889
whalebone-tree1889
budda1890
camphor laurel1894
pepperbush1895
mustard bush1898
willow myrtle1898
pigeon wood1899
horizontal scrub1909
turkey-bush1911
pandani1923
mock orange1929
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Tulip-tree, Queensland, Stenocarpus Cunninghami.
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Tulip-tree. The name is given, in Australia, to Stenocarpus cunninghamii,..on account of the brilliancy of its bright-red flowers.
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