White poplar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
    aspen poplar; silver-leaved poplar; white aspen; Populus alba; abele.
  2. noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
    true tulipwood; whitewood; tulipwood; yellow poplar.

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  1. (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.

Webster 1913