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POPULUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
Synonyms:
genus Populus; Populus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Populus" is a kind of...):
hamamelid dicot genus (genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)
Meronyms (members of "Populus"):
poplar; poplar tree (any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins)
Holonyms ("Populus" is a member of...):
family Salicaceae; Salicaceae; willow family (two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus)
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