LIRIODENDRON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: liriodendra

Meaning:

Tulip trees

Synonyms:

genus Liriodendron; Liriodendron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Liriodendron" is a kind of...):

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Liriodendron"):

canary whitewood; Liriodendron tulipifera; tulip poplar; tulip tree; yellow poplar (tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work)

Holonyms ("Liriodendron" is a member of...):

family Magnoliaceae; magnolia family; Magnoliaceae (subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia)