Poplar Definition

pŏplər
poplars
noun
poplars
Any of a genus (Populus) of trees of the willow family, having soft, fibrous wood, rapid growth, alternate leaves, and flowers borne in catkins.
Webster's New World
The wood of any of these trees.
Webster's New World

Tulip tree.

Webster's New World

Tulipwood.

Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Poplar

Noun

Singular:
poplar
Plural:
poplars

Origin of Poplar

  • From Anglo-Norman popler, from Old French poplier (French: peuplier), from Latin populus.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English popler from Old French poplier from pouple from Latin pōpulus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Poplar Sentence Examples

  • There are poplar and cedar and pine and oak and ash and hickory and maple trees.

  • The other important woods are cypress, oak and poplar.

  • The insects feed upon ash, lilac, privet and jasmine leaves, and are found more rarely on elder, rose, apple and poplar trees.

  • The characteristic poplar, Populus diversifolia, and the dwarf Acer Lobelii- very different from the European maple - also occur.

  • Such biomass energy crops might be switchgrass, hybrid poplar trees or sugar cane for example.

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Words Starting With

PPOPOP

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With R