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Populus tremula
(gcide) | Poplar \Pop"lar\, n. [OE. popler, OF. poplier, F. peuplier, fr.
L. populus poplar.] (Bot.)
1. Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which
is soft, and capable of many uses.
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Note: The aspen poplar is Populus tremula and {Populus
tremuloides}; Balsam poplar is Populus balsamifera;
Lombardy poplar (Populus dilatata) is a tall, spiry
tree; white poplar is Populus alba.
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2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also {white
poplar}. [U.S.]
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Populus tremula
(gcide) | Aspen \Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [AS.
[ae]sp, [ae]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ["o]sp, Dan. [ae]sp,
Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, [aum]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa,
Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.)
One of several species of poplar bearing this name,
especially the Populus tremula, so called from the
trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest
impulse of the air.
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populus tremula
(wn) | Populus tremula
n 1: Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown;
northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa [syn:
quaking aspen, European quaking aspen, {Populus
tremula}] |
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