yellow poplar

(noun) light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer. Synonyms: tulipwood, true tulipwood, whitewood, white poplar, yellow poplar.

(noun) 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. Synonyms: tulip tree, tulip poplar, yellow poplar, canary whitewood, Liriodendron tulipifera.