populus tremuloides

3 definitions found

populus tremuloides - 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.
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     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.
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     2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white  poplar
        . [U.S.]
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  Quaking \Quak"ing\,
     a. & n. from Quake, v.
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     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).
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populus tremuloides - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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