poplar

noun

Any of several fast-growing deciduous trees of the genus Populus, having unisexual flowers borne in catkins and seeds with cottony tufts.

The wood of any of these trees.

A tree of the genus Populus; also, the wood of the tree.

A tree of some other genus in some way resembling a poplar.

Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.