noun
any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
• Syn: ↑poplar
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Hyponyms:
↑balsam poplar, ↑hackmatack, ↑tacamahac, ↑Populus balsamifera, ↑white poplar, ↑white aspen, ↑abele, ↑aspen poplar, ↑silver-leaved poplar, ↑Populus alba, ↑grey poplar, ↑gray poplar, ↑Populus canescens, ↑black poplar, ↑Populus nigra, ↑cottonwood, ↑aspen
• Member Holonyms: ↑Populus, ↑genus Populus
• Substance Meronyms: ↑poplar
Useful english dictionary. 2012.