white poplar

/waɪt ˌpɑplər/

/hwaɪt ˌpɑplər/

Other forms: white poplars

Definitions of white poplar

1. noun

   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
2. noun

   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