LIRIODENDRON (liriodendra)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: liriodendra   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Liriodendron mean? 

• LIRIODENDRON (noun)
  The noun LIRIODENDRON has 1 sense:

1. tulip trees

  Familiarity information: LIRIODENDRON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIRIODENDRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tulip trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Liriodendron; Liriodendron

Hypernyms ("Liriodendron" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Liriodendron"):

canary whitewood; Liriodendron tulipifera; tulip poplar; tulip tree; yellow poplar (tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work)

Holonyms ("Liriodendron" is a member of...):

family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family; Magnoliaceae (subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia)