white poplar

Noun
  1. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States;
    Has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces (synset 112752769)
    is a type of: poplar, poplar tree - any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
    same as: abele, aspen poplar, populus alba, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen
  2. Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree;
    Used for furniture and veneer (synset 111733090)
    is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
    substance meronym: canary whitewood, liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, tulip tree, yellow poplar - tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
    same as: true tulipwood, tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar

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