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Yellow poplar

noun

Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer. Synonyms: true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, whitewood.

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