= poplar, n. 1 2.

General attributive, as popple-tree, etc.

The white poplar tree, Populus alba. Formerly also: †the grey poplar, Populus× canescens (obsolete). Also abele tree.

Any of various deciduous, tall and fast-growing, sometimes narrowly erect, trees constituting the genus Populus (family Salicaceae), occurring…

a Eurasian poplar tree, Populus nigra, of which there are a number of cultivated varieties including the Lombardy poplar.

(a) a poplar having greyish bark and leaves with bright white down on their undersides, Populus alba, native to southern Europe and northern Africa…

A poplar tree. Cf. popple, n.1

A name for Viburnum Lantana and Populus nigra; in U.S. applied to Platanus occidentalis, also = cottonwood, n. 1.

The resin of the buds of the North American Balsam Poplar, Populus balsamifera; hence a name of this tree.

a columnar variety of poplar, Populus nigra variant italica (or P. italica), which was introduced from Italy to other countries.

the Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra ‘Italica’ (cf. pine poplar n. at pine, n.2 compounds 2a); the wood of this tree.

The Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra ‘Italica’.

a poplar tree (genus Populus); spec. the large P.x canescens of Europe, a hybrid between white poplar (P. alba) and aspen (P. tremula), much…

The name of several species of poplar (Populus) in U.S.; so called from the cotton-like substance surrounding the seeds. Also cottonwood tree.

= Lombardy poplar n. at Lombardy, n. 2a; cf. poplar pine n. at poplar, n. compounds 2.

The balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, of North America.

English regional (East Anglian). The white poplar, Populus alba. Obsolete. rare.

a cottonwood, Populus deltoides, bearing long interrupted female catkins and fruits which resemble strings of beads.

= white poplar n. at white, adj. n.compounds 1g(b)(ii).

the white poplar, Populus alba.

The balsam poplar, Populus balsamifera. Cf. tacamahac, n. 2.

obs. name of species of poplar, also, a N. American species of wormwood.

attributive, as in balsam-fir, balsam-oil, balsam-poplar, balsam-tree.

any of several poplars native to north-east Asia, formerly extensively planted in North America, esp. Canada, for ornament or to form windbreaks.

absol. = Lombardy poplar n. at sense 2a.