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Populus tremuloides
(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 tremuloides
(gcide) | Quaking \Quak"ing\,
a. & n. from Quake, v.
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Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American species of poplar
(Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in
the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen.
See Aspen.
Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water
that it shakes when trodden upon.
Quaking grass. (Bot.)
(a) One of several grasses of the genus Briza, having
slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which
quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large
quaking grass; Briza media and Briza minor are the
smaller kinds.
(b) Rattlesnake grass (Glyceria Canadensis).
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populus tremuloides
(wn) | Populus tremuloides
n 1: slender aspen native to North America [syn: {American
quaking aspen}, American aspen, Populus tremuloides] |
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