poplar tree

1. 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

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