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poplar /ˈpɒplə /noun1A tall, fast-growing tree of north temperate regions, widely grown in shelter belts and for timber and pulp.- Genus Populus, family Salicaceae: many species, including the North American cottonwoods and the balm of Gilead poplars.
Upstairs, corner windows in bedrooms give more sweeping views of the property's black cherry trees, poplars and white pines....- The most common forms included beech-like trees, poplars, willows, cattails, sumac, soapberry, and conifers such as pines, sequoias, and false cypress.
- Hurricane Hugo had just come through, leveling the tulip poplars and other trees that had obstructed a view of the town and the Virginia mountains in the distance.
2 (yellow poplar) North American term for tulip tree. Origin Middle English: from Old French poplier, from Latin populus 'poplar'. Rhymes Doppler |