Populus

noun

Pop·​u·​lus

: a genus of trees (family Salicaceae) that is native to the northern hemisphere, that has resinous buds, numerous stamens, incised bracts, and elongated stigmas, and that is well known in cultivation see poplar compare salix

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, poplar

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