yellow poplar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
    true tulipwood; whitewood; tulipwood; white poplar.
  2. noun tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
    tulip tree; Liriodendron tulipifera; tulip poplar; canary whitewood.

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