soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Any of a number of deciduous trees of Salicaceae, the Willow family, and genus Populus. Represented in the North Country by the Balsam Poplar ( Populus balsamifera), Big Tooth Aspen ( Populus grandidentata), and the ubiquitous Quaking Aspen ( Populus tremuloides). Asaadi in the Ojibwe.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Populus is a genus of trees which includes the cottonwoods, poplars, and aspens, all of which are sometimes termed poplars (in some areas "popple").