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yellow poplar

DEFINITIONS OF: yellow poplar

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n light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer

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

n 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

Synonyms:
Liriodendron tulipifera, canary whitewood, tulip poplar, tulip tree
Type of:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
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