poplar : Idioms & Phrases

• 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.
  

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• noun poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
  hackmatack; tacamahac; Populus balsamifera.
  

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• noun large European poplar
  Populus nigra.
  

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• noun North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood
  black cottonwood; Populus heterophylla; swamp cottonwood; downy poplar.
  

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• noun large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surface; native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere
  gray poplar; Populus canescens.
  

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• noun large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surface; native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere
  gray poplar; Populus canescens.
  

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• noun distinguished by its columnar fastigiate shape and erect branches
  Populus nigra italica.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Poplar.

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• noun a common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber
  Eastern cottonwood; Populus deltoides.
  

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• noun a town in southeast Missouri
  

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• noun any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
  poplar.
  

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• 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.
  

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• noun North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood
  black cottonwood; Populus heterophylla; swamp cottonwood; downy poplar.
  

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• (Bot.), the aspen.

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• 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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• noun cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath
  Populus trichocarpa; black cottonwood.
  

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• 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.
  
• noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
  true tulipwood; whitewood; tulipwood; white poplar.
  

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

Webster 1913

• noun light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
  true tulipwood; whitewood; tulipwood; white poplar.
  
• 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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