BLACK POPLAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black poplar mean? 

• BLACK POPLAR (noun)
  The noun BLACK POPLAR has 1 sense:

1. large European poplar

  Familiarity information: BLACK POPLAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK POPLAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large European poplar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black poplar; Populus nigra

Hypernyms ("black poplar" is a kind of...):

poplar; poplar tree (any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "black poplar"):

Lombardy poplar; Populus nigra italica (distinguished by its columnar fastigiate shape and erect branches)