How to Use tulip tree in a Sentence

tulip tree

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Definition of tulip treenext
  • And in July, the queen of the garden — the African tulip tree — opens its fantastic fiery-red flowers.
    — Chris Ross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • The group planted a tulip tree near the Phillips Park Visitors Center as well.
    — Linda Girardi, Aurora Beacon-News, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Hickories, elms, birches, and tulip trees tend to be more on the yellow side.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Another fun fact: The 725-acre park is believed to have the largest tulip tree in Louisville, according to the city's website.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2022
  • Then small armies of volunteers would descend on the site in southeastern Kentucky and plant tulip trees, oaks, pines and chestnuts.
    — Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Outside lies Frogmore’s vast garden, which is filled with lakes, and bridges, as well as over 4,000 trees and shrubs, including tulip trees and redwoods.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2018
  • An outdoor amphitheater, framed by tulip trees and white oaks, plays host to the commencement every year, and more and more buildings’ roofs are being transformed into gardens.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2018
  • That included broad-leaved trees that were likely similar to cypresses, redwoods, and tulip trees.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Newfields monitored the installation for safety over the years, knowing that its soft wood — carved from a native Indiana tulip tree — had a limited lifetime, Wright said.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Amid towering columns of 150-year-old tulip trees and oaks, the woodland floor launches the growing season with tens of thousands of flowering bulbs first planted a century ago by du Pont and since increased by self-seeding.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Honeylocust ginkgo, buckeyes and tulip tree leaves, for example, turn yellow, while sugar and Japanese maples, sweetgum, sumac and pin oaks turn orange or reddish as the weather cools.
    — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The team was able to develop long-lasting modern analogues for three scent stations dedicated to Cretaceous plants, including cypress resin, ginger root and tulip trees.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 17 Oct. 2019
  • They’re also being planted alongside native trees like sweet gum, tulip trees and bald cypress, to avoid genetically identical stands of trees known as monocultures; non-engineered poplars are being planted as experimental controls.
    — Gabriel Popkin Audra Melton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023

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