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poplar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun poplar has 2 senses
- poplar(n = noun.plant) Array - soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar; Array is a kind of wood
- poplar(n = noun.plant) poplar tree - any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins; Array is a member of genus populus, populus
has particulars: balsam poplar, hackmatack, populus balsamifera, tacamahac, abele, aspen poplar, populus alba, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen, white poplar, gray poplar, grey poplar, populus canescens, black poplar, populus nigra, cottonwood, aspen
is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
poplar, n. [OE. popler, OF. poplier, F. peuplier, fr. L. populus poplar.].
- Any tree of the genus
Populus ; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses. [1913 Webster]" The aspen poplar isPopulus tremula andPopulus tremuloides ; Balsam poplar isPopulus balsamifera ; Lombardy poplar (Populus dilatata ) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar isPopulus alba ." [1913 Webster] - The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also
white poplar . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
poplar, n.
1 any tree of the genus Populus, with a usu. rapidly growing trunk and tremulous leaves.
2 US = tulip-tree.
1 any tree of the genus Populus, with a usu. rapidly growing trunk and tremulous leaves.
2 US = tulip-tree.
Etymology
ME f. AF popler, OF poplier f. pople f. L populus
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