whitewood(n = noun.plant) true tulipwood, tulipwood, white poplar, yellow poplar - light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer;
is a kind of wood

   The soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (Liriodendron). It is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. [1913 Webster]
" Several other kinds of light-colored wood are called whitewood in various countries, as the wood of Bignonia leucoxylon in the West Indies, of Pittosporum bicolor in Tasmania, etc." [1913 Webster]

whitewood, n. a light-coloured wood esp. prepared for staining etc.

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