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SILVER-LEAVED POPLAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silver-leaved poplar mean?
• SILVER-LEAVED POPLAR (noun)
The noun SILVER-LEAVED POPLAR has 1 sense:
1. a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
Familiarity information: SILVER-LEAVED POPLAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
abele; aspen poplar; Populus alba; silver-leaved poplar; white aspen; white poplar
Hypernyms ("silver-leaved poplar" is a kind of...):
poplar; poplar tree (any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins)
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