populus : Idioms & Phrases


genus populus

  • noun a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
    Populus.
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populus alba

  • 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; white poplar; abele.
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populus balsamifera

  • noun poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
    hackmatack; tacamahac; balsam poplar.
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populus canescens

  • 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; grey poplar.
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populus deltoides

  • 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
    necklace poplar; Eastern cottonwood.
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populus grandidentata

  • noun aspen with a narrow crown; eastern North America
    large tooth aspen; bigtoothed aspen; bigtooth aspen; big-toothed aspen; large-toothed aspen; Canadian aspen.
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populus heterophylla

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

  • noun large European poplar
    black poplar.
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populus nigra italica

  • noun distinguished by its columnar fastigiate shape and erect branches
    Lombardy poplar.
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populus tremula

  • noun Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown; northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa
    European quaking aspen; quaking aspen.
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populus tremuloides

  • noun slender aspen native to North America
    American aspen; American quaking aspen.
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populus trichocarpa

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