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Webster 1913 Edition


Poplar

Pop′lar

,
Noun.
[OE.
popler
, OF.
poplier
, F.
peuplier
, fr. L.
populus
poplar.]
(Bot.)
1.
Any tree of the genus
Populus
; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.
☞ The aspen poplar is
Populus tremula
and
Populus tremuloides
; Balsam poplar is
Populus balsamifera
; Lombardy poplar (
Populus dilatata
) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is
Populus alba
.
2.
The timber of the tulip tree; – called also
white poplar
.
[U.S.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Poplar

POP'LAR

,
Noun.
[L. populus.] A tree of the genus Populus, of several species, as the abele, the white poplar,the black poplar, the aspen-tree, &c. It is numbered among the aquatic trees.

Definition 2024


Poplar

Poplar

See also: poplar

English

Proper noun

Poplar

  1. a suburban area in the East End of London, England.

poplar

poplar

See also: Poplar

English

Noun

poplar (countable and uncountable, plural poplars)

  1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
  2. (uncountable) Wood from the poplar tree.

Derived terms

Translations


Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

poplar m pl

  1. indefinite plural of poppel

Turkish

Noun

poplar

  1. plural of pop