the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees
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light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
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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}). --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).