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单词 tulipwood
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tulipwood

[ too-lip-wood, tyoo- ]
/ ˈtu lɪpˌwʊd, ˈtyu- /

noun

the wood of the tulip tree.
any of various striped or variegated woods of other trees.
any of these trees.

Origin of tulipwood

First recorded in 1835–45; tulip + wood1

Words nearby tulipwood

tule perch, tulip, tulip chair, tulipomania, tulip tree, tulipwood, Tull, Tullahoma, Tullamore, tulle, tullibee
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Example sentences from the Web for tulipwood

  • He planed and sanded boards of a native lumber very like to tulipwood.

    Blind Man's Lantern|Allen Kim Lang
  • A light gleamed and then glimmered in the midst of a thicket of tulipwood and magnolias.

    The Treasure of Pearls|Gustave Aimard
  • In Tulipwood, ornamented with bronze, and inlaid with Porcelain.

    Illustrated History of Furniture|Frederick Litchfield

British Dictionary definitions for tulipwood

tulipwood
/ (ˈtjuːlɪpˌwʊd) /

noun

Also called: white poplar, yellow poplar the light soft wood of the tulip tree, used in making furniture and veneer
any of several woods having stripes or streaks of colour, esp that of Dalbergia variabilis, a tree of tropical South America
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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