English noun: white poplar |
1. | white poplar (plant) a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces |
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| Synonyms | abele, aspen poplar, Populus alba, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen |
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| Broader (hypernym) | poplar, poplar tree |
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2. | white poplar (plant) light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer |
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| Synonyms | true tulipwood, tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wood |
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| Substance meronym | canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, tulip tree, yellow poplar |
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