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Definition of Poplar
1. Noun. Soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar.
2. Noun. Any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins.
Group relationships: Genus Populus, Populus
Specialized synonyms: 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
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
Definition of Poplar
1. n. Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.
Definition of Poplar
1. Noun. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus ''Populus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poplar
1. a fast-growing tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poplar
Literary usage of Poplar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1855)
"with the exception of the poplar, the ivy, and the croton, which we have already
... There are three kinds of poplar; the white,49 the black,s0 and the one ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"The Carolina poplar especially has had an enormous .distribution of late years in
... Small poplar tree in Chicago showing dying of upper branches resulting ..."
3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"THE poplar HYBRIDS The black poplars, it will be remembered, ... These characteristics
are present on the leaves of the American black poplar. ..."
4. Central Asia and Tibet: Towards the Holy City of Lassa by Sven Anders Hedin (1903)
"The poplar was only about a score of yards in front of us. ... Down we drifted,
straight upon the poplar. Could nothing be done ? ..."
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