1. 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
   "The yellow poplar can grow to over 150 feet tall";
   - tulip tree, tulip poplar, canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera
    
2. Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
   "The cabinet maker preferred true yellow poplar for its fine grain and workability";
   - tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar

Derived forms: yellow poplars

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree, wood

Part of: genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron

Encyclopedia: Yellow poplar