Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Liriodendron

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | Download

Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Liriodendron


Subjects in this Topic:

(n.) 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.