tulips hell (tulipshel)

A shell of the family Fasciolariidæ; specifically, Fasciola ria tu lipa. See cut under Fasciola ria. tulip-tree (tū'lip-trē), n. A tree, Liriodendron Tulip if era, found in North America, where, among deciduous trees, it is surpa ed in size only by the sycamore ( Platan us occidental is ) and the bald cypre (Taxodium distichum). A tree believed to be identical with it is found in China. The wood is soft, fine, and straight-grained, and is easily worked; it is used in construction and for inside finish, cabinet-work, pumps, woodenware, etc. The bark, especially of the root, is acrid and bitter, and is used domestically as a stimulant tonic. The tulip-tree is quite hardy, and is a much-admired shade and ornamental tree. Its timber, or the tree itself, is known as whitewood, though the wood turns yellowish on exposure, and as poplar, tulip - poplar, or yellow poplar. An old name, saddletree or saddle - leaf, refers to the form of the leaf; another, canoe - wood, to the use in which it was found among the Indians. The present name (the best of the common names) has reference to the flowers, which in form and size resemble a large tulip, the petals greenish-yellow marked with orange. See Lirio dendron (with cut). The large tulip tree , which we call a poplar. Beverley, Hist. Virginia, iv. § 18. Chinese tulip-tree. (a) The North American tree defined above. (b) Michel i a ( Magnolia ) fuscata . - Laurel leafed tulip-tree, the magnolia, especially Magnolia grandiflora (M. fœtid a ). - Queensland tulip-tree. See Steno carpus . -Tulip-tree of the West Indies, Hibiscus ( Paritium ) elatus , a tree of the size of the horse-chestnut, with large flowers, which are pale primrose-color in the morning, and become orange and deep-red as the day ad vances. tulip-wood (tūʻlip-wud), n. 1. The wood of the tulip-tree.-2. One of several other woods, so called from their color and markings. ( a ) A choice rose-colored and striped wood imported into Europe from Brazil, the product of Physocalymma floribundum . It is used for inlaying costly furniture, in turnery, etc. (b) See Harpullia . (c) See Owenia . tulkt, n. [ME., also tolk , tülkr , an inter- preter, spokesman, broker, = Dan. Sw. tolk = MD. tolch , D. tolk = MLG. tolk , tollik , an in- terpreter, prob. (the D. and LG. through the Scand.) tulkas , an interpreter. See talk1 .] A man. Tel agon i us full tite at a tulke asket Who the freike was in faith that fraynit his nome. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 13925.