poplar
poplar definition
pop·lar (päp′lər)
noun
- any of a genus (Populus) of trees of the willow family, having soft, fibrous wood, rapid growth, alternate leaves, and flowers borne in catkins
- the wood of any of these trees
- tulip tree
- 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.
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