poplar
English Thesaurus
1. any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins (noun.plant)
| hyponym | : | gray poplar, grey poplar, populus canescens, |
| definition | : | large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surface; native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cottonwood, |
| definition | : | any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | aspen, |
| definition | : | any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus populus, populus, |
| definition | : | a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | poplar, |
| definition | : | soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar (noun.plant) |
2. soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | wood, |
| definition | : | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | poplar, poplar tree, |
| definition | : | any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins (noun.plant) |
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