The soft and easily-worked
tree of the
tulip wood (Liriodendron). It is
many used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.
Several another kinds of light-coloured
tree are called
whitewood in different countries, as the
tree of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolour in Tasmania, etc. Whitewood bark. See the Note
under Canella.
Source: Websters Vocabulary