tulipwood : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tulipwood	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tulipwood n the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer Synonym(s): tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tulipwood \Tu"lip*wood`\, n. The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree ({Physocalymna floribunda}), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying. {Queensland tulipwood}, the variegated wood of an Australian sapindaceous tree ({Harpullia pendula}). --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).