tulipwood tree - any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwoodtulipwood - the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees bendy tree, portia tree, seaside mahoe, Thespesia populnea - pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds harpullia - any of various tree of the genus Harpullia tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |