Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tulipwood"
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).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tulipwood
n 1: the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various
tulipwood trees
2: light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture
and veneer [syn: {true tulipwood}, {whitewood}, {white
poplar}, {yellow poplar}]
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