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Yellow poplar   /jˈɛloʊ pˈɑplər/   Listen
Yellow poplar

noun
1.
Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer.  Synonyms: true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, whitewood.
2.
Tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work.  Synonyms: canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, tulip tree.






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"Yellow poplar" Quotes from Famous Books



... In the division of the trail here, one branch ascends toward Glade Creek, across the mountain, while the other keeps on straight to Cherry Lane. Within the fork of the trails lies a fallen giant of the coves, a huge yellow poplar, almost hidden along its length by the embowering thickets. Toward this, in an advance tediously slow, the veteran made his way. When, finally, he was come up to the great bole, he stood quietly for minutes, gazing everywhere round about. Uncle ...
— Heart of the Blue Ridge • Waldron Baily



Words linked to "Yellow poplar" :   wood, genus Liriodendron, Liriodendron, canary whitewood, angiospermous tree, flowering tree



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