Found 2 items, similar to Poplar.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: poplar
poplar
n 1: soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar
2: any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having
light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins [syn:
poplar tree
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Poplar
Poplar
\Pop"lar\, n. [OE. popler, OF. poplier, F. peuplier, fr.
L. populus poplar.] (Bot.)
1. Any tree of the genus
Populus; also, the timber, which
is soft, and capable of many uses.
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Note: The aspen poplar is
Populus tremula and
Populus tremuloides
; Balsam poplar is
Populus balsamifera;
Lombardy poplar (
Populus dilatata) is a tall, spiry
tree; white poplar is
Populus alba.
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2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also
white poplar
. [U.S.]
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