1. (noun)tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
2. (noun)tulip tree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar, canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera tallNorthAmerican deciduous timbertree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft whitewoods used especially for cabinetwork