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poplar - any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins |
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angiospermous tree,
flowering tree any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
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genus populus,
populus a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
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poplar any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
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balsam poplar,
hackmatack,
populus balsamifera,
tacamahac poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
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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
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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
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black poplar,
populus nigra large European poplar
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cottonwood any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
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aspen any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
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poplar - soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar |
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wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"
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poplar tree,
poplar any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
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