WESTERN BALSAM POPLAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Western balsam poplar mean? 

• WESTERN BALSAM POPLAR (noun)
  The noun WESTERN BALSAM POPLAR has 1 sense:

1. cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WESTERN BALSAM POPLAR (noun)

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Meaning:

Cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black cottonwood; Populus trichocarpa; Western balsam poplar

Hypernyms ("Western balsam poplar" is a kind of...):

cottonwood (any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed)