liriodendron

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I sat down upon a log -- that same log of the liriodendron -- and under the shade of a spreading dogwood-tree.

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  1. A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.

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  1. tulip trees

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