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white poplar definition

white poplar

  1. a large Old World poplar (Populus alba), having lobed leaves with white or gray down on the undersides, now widespread in the U.S.
  2. ☆
    1. tulip tree
    2. tulipwood (sense )

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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