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white poplar

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: white poplar

1
n
a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
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n
light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: white poplar
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n a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces

Synonyms:
Populus alba, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen
Type of:
poplar, poplar tree
any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
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n light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer

Synonyms:
true tulipwood, tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar
Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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