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Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree
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tulipwood
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Tulipwood is a shingle style historic home at 1165 Hamilton Street in the Somerset section of Franklin Township , Somerset County , New Jersey , United States. It was designed by Jacob August Lienau .
WordNet
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n. the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer [syn: true tulipwood , whitewood , white poplar , yellow poplar ]
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Tulipwood \Tu"lip*wood`\, n. The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree ( Physocalymna floribunda ), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying. Queensland tulipwood , the variegated wood of an Australian sapindaceous tree ( Harpullia pendula ...
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n. The striped, variegated wood of the tulip tree.
Usage examples of tulipwood.
He wandered to a Louis XV dressing table with an inlaid tulipwood top, and picked up a large crystal flacon of perfume.
For our part, we ship fine furniture timbers like rosewood, tulipwood and padauk from Indonesia to the USA.
Across from the brass bed where she lay, sat a beautiful combination writing desk and dressing table, also in tulipwood and also with extensive ormolu.
He could picture her standing by the window, an impatient look on her face, and he could see her primping in the mirror of the tulipwood dressing table.
The furnishings were graceful of line and prettily inlaid with stained tulipwood, ivory, and ebony to form floral patterns as lustrous as lantern glass under the many coats of polished lacquer.