poplar

1. Soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar (synset 112752474)
   is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
   substance meronym: poplar, poplar tree - any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
2. Any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins (synset 112752161)
   is a type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
   subtypes:

   • balsam poplar, hackmatack, populus balsamifera, tacamahac - poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
   • abele, aspen poplar, populus alba, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen, white poplar - a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
   • gray poplar, grey poplar, populus canescens - large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surface; native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere
   • black poplar, populus nigra - large European poplar
   • cottonwood - any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
   • aspen - any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
   belongs to: genus populus, populus - a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
   substance holonym: poplar - soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar
   same as: poplar tree

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