1. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
   "The white poplar's silvery leaves shimmer in the breeze";
   - white aspen, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba
    
2. Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
   "The cabinet maker preferred true white poplar for its fine grain and workability";
   - tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar

Derived forms: white poplars

Type of: poplar, poplar tree, wood

Part of: canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, tulip tree, yellow poplar

Encyclopedia: White poplar