any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
A poplar is a type of tall thin tree. a very tall straight thin tree that grows very fast (poplier, from populus). Any of at least 35 species and many natural hybrids of trees that make up the genus Populus (willow family). Poplars grow throughout northern temperate regions, some even beyond the Arctic Circle. They are rapid-growing but relatively short-lived. Their leaves flutter in the slightest breeze because of their laterally compressed petioles (leafstalks). The relatively soft wood is used to make cardboard boxes, crates, paper, and veneer. North America has three groups of native poplars: cottonwoods, aspens, and balsam poplars. balsam poplar yellow poplar tulip poplar
any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar
Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses