white poplar

white poplar

n. A poplar tree (Populus alba) native to Eurasia and naturalized in parts of North America, having lobed leaves with whitish undersides. Also called abele.

white poplar

n 1. (Plants) Also called: abele a Eurasian salicaceous tree, Populus alba, having leaves covered with dense silvery-white hairs 2. (Forestry) another name for tulipwood¹

white′ pop′lar

n. 1. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S. and having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery white down. 2. the soft straight-grained wood of this tree. [1765–75, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	white poplar - a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfacesabele, aspen poplar, Populus alba, silver-leaved poplar, white aspenpoplar tree, poplar - any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
	2.	white poplar - light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneertrue tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar, tulipwoodcanary 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 workwood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees