‖ liriodendron
(laɪərɪəʊˈdɛndrɒn)
[mod.L., f. Gr. λείριον lily + δένδρον tree.]
A genus of plants, family Magnoliaceæ, of which the N. American Tulip-tree is the only representative.
| [1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Liriodendrum,..a name given by Linnæus to a genus of plants called tulipifera by Catesby and others, and by us the tulip tree.] 1802 M. Cutler in Life etc. (1888) II. 104 A number of trees, magnolias, bignonias, Liriodendrons, etc. 1847 Nat. Encycl. I. 925 The liriodendron. |