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• white poplar — white′ pop′lar n. 1) pln an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S. and having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery white down 2) the soft straight grained wood of this tree • Etymology: 1765–75, amer …   From formal English to slang

• White Cliffs of Dover — This article is about the geographical feature. For other uses, see White Cliffs of Dover (disambiguation). Coordinates: 51°08′N 1°22′E / 51.14°N 1.37 …   Wikipedia

• white spruce — noun medium sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue green leaves and slender cones • Syn: ↑Picea glauca • Hypernyms: ↑spruce * * * noun 1. : any of several spruces: as a. : a …   Useful english dictionary

• white spruce — noun Date: 1770 1. any of several spruces; especially a widely distributed spruce (Picea glauca) of coniferous forests of Canada and the northern United States that has short stiff blue green needles and slender cones see cone illustration 2. the …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• white tamarind — noun 1. : a timber tree (Acacia glomerosa) of Mexico and Central America 2. : the hard heavy tough elastic straight grained nearly white wood of the white tamarind that is used especially for floors, joinery, and tool handles …   Useful english dictionary

• white poplar — 1. Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery white down. 2. the soft, straight grained wood of this tree. [1765 75, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

• white poplar — /waɪt ˈpɒplə/ (say wuyt popluh) noun 1. a poplar, Populus alba, having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery white down; originally from Eurasia. 2. the soft, straight grained wood of the tulip tree …  

• white mahogany — noun 1. a. : a pale or light colored mahogany b. : primavera 2 2. a. : an Australian eucalypt (Eucalyptus triantha or E. acmenoides) that yields a pale strong straight grained wood used especially for railway ties and posts b …   Useful english dictionary

• white siris — noun 1. a. : a tree (Albizzia procera) of India and eastward to the Philippines having a bark used locally as a source of fish poisons and yielding a wood somewhat resembling walnut and resistant to termite attack b. : a rather large chiefly… …   Useful english dictionary

• white mica —       fine grained variety of any of the silicate minerals muscovite, paragonite, or talc (qq.v.). * * * …   Universalium

• Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …   Universalium