| NOUN | plant | white poplar, white aspen, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba | a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States |
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| plant | white poplar, tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar | light easily worked wood of a tulip tree |
| Meaning | A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces. | |
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| Synonyms | white aspen, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba | |
| Broader | poplar, poplar tree | Any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins |
| Spanish | abele, álamo blanco, álamo, pobo | |
| Catalan | abele, àlber blanc, àlber, Populus alba | |
| Meaning | light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer. | |
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| Synonyms | tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar | |
| Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| Substance of | tulip tree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar, canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera | tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit |
| Spanish | pobo | |
| Catalan | àlber blanc | |
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