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Webster 1913 Edition
Liriodendron
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Lirˊi-o-den′dron
(lĭrˊĭ-ō̍-dĕn′drŏn)
, Noun.
pl.
Liriodendra
(-drȧ)
. [NL., fr. Gr.
λείριον
lily + δένδρον
tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; – called also
canoewood
. Liriodendron tulipifera
is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.