white poplar

Questions about white poplar

What does white poplar mean?

white poplar means "a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for white poplar?

Close synonyms include white aspen, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white poplar a common word?

white poplar is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.