genus Populus

Definitions of genus Populus
  1. noun
    a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
    synonyms: Populus
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    type of:
    hamamelid dicot genus
    genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
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