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tulipwood
[too-lip-wood, tyoo-]
noun
the wood of the tulip tree.
any of various striped or variegated woods wood of other trees.
any of these trees.
tulipwood
/ ˈːɪˌʊ /
noun
Also called: white poplar. yellow poplar.the light soft wood of the tulip tree, used in making furniture and veneer
any of several woods having stripes or streaks of colour, esp that of Dalbergia variabilis , a tree of tropical South America
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tulipwood1
Example Sentences
But slowly the refurbished library, carved from longleaf pine and tulipwood as Mackintosh had used originally, began to take shape and the school began using the building again.
Crafted from rosewood, tulipwood, and purplewood, the table’s circular, crossbanded tilt top features parquetry and gilded lunette carvings around the edges.
He planed and sanded boards of a native lumber very like to tulipwood.
The desk itself suggests brocade flounces and powdered hair, so exquisitely is it constructed of tulipwood and inlaid with other woods of many colors.
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