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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. slender aspen native to North America;
[syn: American quaking aspen, American aspen, Populus tremuloides]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poplar \Pop"lar\, n. [OE. popler, OF. poplier, F. peuplier, fr. L. populus poplar.] (Bot.) 1. Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses. [1913 Webster] Note: The aspen poplar is Populus tremula and Populus tremuloides; Balsam poplar is Populus balsamifera; Lombardy poplar (Populus dilatata) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is Populus alba. [1913 Webster] 2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quaking \Quak"ing\, a. & n. from Quake, v. [1913 Webster] Quaking aspen (Bot.), an American species of poplar (Populus tremuloides), the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen. Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water that it shakes when trodden upon. Quaking grass. (Bot.) (a) One of several grasses of the genus Briza, having slender-stalked and pendulous ovate spikelets, which quake and rattle in the wind. Briza maxima is the large quaking grass; Briza media and Briza minor are the smaller kinds. (b) Rattlesnake grass (Glyceria Canadensis). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Populus tremuloides n 1: slender aspen native to North America [syn: American quaking aspen, American aspen, Populus tremuloides]