What does yellow poplar mean?
• YELLOW POPLAR (noun) The noun YELLOW POPLAR has 2 senses: 1. light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer 2. tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work Familiarity information: YELLOW POPLAR used as a noun is rare.
