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alamo
Franciscan mission at San Antonio, Tex.: scene of a siege and massacre of Texans by Mexican troops (1836) -
black poplar
a Eurasian tree, Populus nigra -
lombardy poplar
a poplar, Populus nigra italica, having a columnar manner of growth, with branches erect and parallel. -
silver poplar
white poplar (def 1). -
tulip tree
Also called tulip poplar, yellow poplar. a tall tree, Liriodendron tulipifera, of the magnolia family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, cup-shaped, green and orange flowers: the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. -
white poplar
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.