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poplar definition

pop·lar (päp′lər)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Populus) of trees of the willow family, having soft, fibrous wood, rapid growth, alternate leaves, and flowers borne in catkins
  2. the wood of any of these trees
    1. tulip tree
    2. tulipwood (sense )

Etymology: ME popler < OFr poplier < peuple < L populus

Poplar definition

Pop·lar (päp′lər)

former metropolitan borough of E London, now part of Tower Hamlets

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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