HyperDic: downy_poplar

English > 1 sense of the expression *downy poplar*:
NOUN	plant	downy poplar, swamp cottonwood, black cottonwood, swamp poplar, Populus heterophylla	North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood

English > *downy poplar*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood.
Synonyms	swamp cottonwood, black cottonwood, swamp poplar, Populus heterophylla
Broader	cottonwood	Any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed