GENUS POPULUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Populus mean? • GENUS POPULUS (noun)
The noun GENUS POPULUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
Familiarity information: GENUS POPULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS POPULUS (noun)
Meaning:
A genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Populus; Populus
Hypernyms ("genus Populus" is a kind of...):
hamamelid dicot genus (genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)
Meronyms (members of "genus Populus"):
poplar; poplar tree (any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins)
Holonyms ("genus Populus" is a member of...):
family Salicaceae; Salicaceae; willow family (two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus)
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