poplar

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/(UK)
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/ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/(UK) · /ˈpɑ.plɚ/(US)

Definition of poplar

10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
    “They are gathered under the low-hanging branches of a poplar, its gold and green leaves glittering on the breeze like tinsel.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
    “They are gathered under the low-hanging branches of a poplar, its gold and green leaves glittering on the breeze like tinsel.”
  2. (uncountable)Wood from the poplar tree.

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A placename:
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  8. (countable)A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English popler, from Anglo-Norman popler and Old French poplier (compare French peuplier), from Latin pōpulus, with a suffix later added.

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