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tu'lip tree"
a tall tree,
Liriodendron tulipifera, of the magnolia family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, cup-shaped, green and orange flowers: the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Also called
tu'lip pop"lar, yellow poplar. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.