POPULUS NIGRA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large European poplar

Synonyms:

black poplar; Populus nigra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Populus nigra" is a kind of...):

poplar; poplar tree (any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Populus nigra"):

Lombardy poplar; Populus nigra italica (distinguished by its columnar fastigiate shape and erect branches)

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