yellow poplar

/ˌjɛloʊ ˌpɑplər/

Other forms: yellow poplars

Definitions of yellow poplar

1. noun

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

   type of:

   wood

   the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
2. noun

   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: Liriodendron tulipifera, canary whitewood, tulip poplar, tulip tree

   type of:

   angiospermous tree, flowering tree

   any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary