poplar

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Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
{n} the name of a tree
{a} made of poplar
{i} type of tree that has a very tall thin form
soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar
The timber of the tulip tree; called also white poplar
any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
A poplar is a type of tall thin tree. a very tall straight thin tree that grows very fast (poplier, from populus). Any of at least 35 species and many natural hybrids of trees that make up the genus Populus (willow family). Poplars grow throughout northern temperate regions, some even beyond the Arctic Circle. They are rapid-growing but relatively short-lived. Their leaves flutter in the slightest breeze because of their laterally compressed petioles (leafstalks). The relatively soft wood is used to make cardboard boxes, crates, paper, and veneer. North America has three groups of native poplars: cottonwoods, aspens, and balsam poplars. balsam poplar yellow poplar tulip poplar
any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar
Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses
poplar bluff
a town in southeast Missouri
poplar.
popple

Some of them had recently built a pulp mill, and he called my attention to the young growths of popple we could see from the car window and remarked: There's good pulp material in those trees, but it's not easy to get 'em cut. You'll strike lots of Catholic lumber-jacks who won't have anything to do with cutting a popple tree, and they won't cross a bridge or sleep in a house that has popple wood in it. There's a tradition that the cross on which Christ was crucified was of popple, and they say the wood was cursed on that account.

white poplar
Populus alba, a poplar found in Central Europe
yellow poplar
A species of tree in the Liriodendron genus, found in North America, scientific name Liriodendrum tulipifera, with pale green or yellow leaves
Lombardy poplar
A deciduous tree (Populus nigra var. italica) having upward-pointing branches that form a slender, columnar outline
The poplar
popple
balsam poplar
A poplar tree of northern North America (Populus balsamifera) having ovate leaves and large buds coated with a sticky, fragrant resin. Also called hackmatack, tacamahac. North American poplar (Populus balsamifera), native from Labrador to Alaska and across the extreme northern U.S. Often cultivated as a shade tree, it has buds thickly coated with an aromatic resin that is used to make cough syrups. It grows best in northwestern Canada
balsam poplar
poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
black poplar
A Eurasian shade tree (Populus nigra) with spreading branches
black poplar
large European poplar
gray poplar
large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves gray on the lower surface; native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere
lombardy poplar
distinguished by its columnar fastigiate shape and erect branches
lombardy poplar
type of poplar tree from Italy having a columnar shape and erect branches
poplars
plural of poplar
tulip poplar
tulip tree: 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
white poplar
a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
white poplar
A deciduous Eurasian tree (Populus alba) having palmately lobed leaves with whitish undersides. Also called abele
white poplar
European tree often cultivated as a shade tree in America
yellow poplar
The tulip tree
poplar

    Hyphenation

    pop·lar

    Turkish pronunciation

    päplır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpäplər/ /ˈpɑːplɜr/

    Etymology

    [ 'pä-pl&r ] (noun.) 14th century. From Anglo-Norman popler, from Old French poplier (French: peuplier), from Latin populus.
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