Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
tuliptree .
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Examples
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Still farther back, American beech and tulip-poplar make their stand, close enough to the river to benefit from the moist soils, but far enough not to be seriously flooded.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Still farther back, American beech and tulip-poplar make their stand, close enough to the river to benefit from the moist soils, but far enough not to be seriously flooded.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Still farther back, American beech and tulip-poplar make their stand, close enough to the river to benefit from the moist soils, but far enough not to be seriously flooded.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Here was one at the butt of a tulip-poplar, its platform wet and freshly trodden, its "dive" shooting sheer over a root into the stream.
Roof and Meadow Dallas Lore Sharp 1899
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Ten years ago I found one of their nests upon a low limb of a tulip-poplar tree.
When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Marion Harland 1876
hernesheir commented on the word tulip-poplar
The tuliptree, state tree of Indiana.
December 16, 2010