Associations to the word «Populus»

Wiktionary

POPULUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Salicaceae   — the poplars.
POPULUS ALBA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Salicaceae   — the white poplar.
POPULUS TREMULA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Salicaceae   — the common aspen, native to cool temperate regions of Eurasia.
POPULUS TREMULOIDES, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Salicaceae   — the aspen, quaking aspen, or trembling aspen, native to cooler North American regions, especially at high altitudes.

Dictionary definition

POPULUS, noun. A genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats