- poplar - soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar
--1 is a kind of wood
--1 is a substance of poplar, poplar tree- poplar, poplar tree - any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
--2 is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
--2 is a member of Populus, genus Populus
--2 has substances: poplar
--2 has particulars: - poplar, poplar tree - any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins