yellow poplar vs tulipwood

yellow poplar and tulipwood both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yellow poplar	Yes	No	No	No
tulipwood	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, yellow poplar and tulipwood are synonyms defined as:

yellow poplar and tulipwood: light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer

Other synonyms of yellow poplar include true tulipwood, white poplar, whitewood.

yellow poplar (noun)	tulipwood (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	light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer
light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer	the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees