poplar

noun

Any of several fast-growing deciduous trees of the genus Populus, having unisexual flowers borne in catkins and seeds with cottony tufts.

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The wood of any of these trees.

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A tree of the genus Populus; also, the wood of the tree.

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A tree of some other genus in some way resembling a poplar.

noun

Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.

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The timber of the tulip tree; — called also white poplar.

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Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.

noun

any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins