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Not a tulip at all, but a towering magnolia relative dressed to deceive.
means A tall North American hardwood tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) in the magnolia family, named for its showy yellow-green, tulip-shaped flowers.
from The name is plainly descriptive: English speakers looked up at the cup-shaped blossoms and saw tulips, so 'tulip tree' it became. 'Tulip' itself traveled from Turkish, where the flower's name echoes 'tülbend,' the word for turban — the bloom was thought to resemble the headwear. The tree borrowed that floral name despite being no relation to the bulb; its scientific name, Liriodendron, comes from Greek 'leirion' (lily) plus 'dendron' (tree), with 'tulipifera' meaning 'tulip-bearing.'
- True height
- Tallest eastern hardwood, topping 190 feet
- Wrong name
- It's a magnolia cousin, not a tulip
- Bee magnet
- One tree yields gallons of nectar
- Fast grower
- Adds two feet of height yearly
- Dino survivor
- Lineage stretches back 50 million years
liriodendron tulipifera — native to eastern north america, grows 120-150 feet tall, state tree of indiana, kentucky, and tennessee
tulip tree at monticello — thomas jefferson planted specimens at his virginia estate in the 1770s, some still standing