| white poplar n. A deciduous Eurasian tree (Populus alba) having palmately lobed leaves with whitish undersides. Also called abele. |
white poplar
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called abele a Eurasian salicaceous tree, Populus alba, having leaves covered with dense silvery-white hairs
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) another name for tulipwood [1]
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| Noun | 1. |  white poplar - a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfacespoplar 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 veneercanary 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 wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
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