Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several fast-growing deciduous trees of the genus Populus, having unisexual flowers borne in catkins and seeds with cottony tufts.
- noun The wood of any of these trees.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tree of the genus Populus; also, the wood of the tree.
- noun A tree of some other genus in some way resembling a poplar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.
- noun U.S. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also
white poplar .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
deciduous trees of the genusPopulus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
- noun soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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At Gubbio, verdigris poplar is found in the papagallo's tail feathers: at Urbino it appears in the duke's monogram.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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The Lombardy poplar is another tree that should NEVER be planted in your yard under any circumstances!
What Is It About Treehuggers Anyway? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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That said, one of the easiest finishes I know about for hardwoods like poplar is Danish oil.
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I think the tulip poplar is actually a type of magnolia tree.
Toast: Lindy 2005
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I think the tulip poplar is actually a type of magnolia tree.
Funny Honey Lindy 2005
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The white poplar is superior to the black, in that it dries more quickly and emits a greater heat.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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In the wood-ways, the poplar is putting on "a bonnie green gown."
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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I’ll be happy to clarify if necessary. we ended up using pine. the poplar is a little more expensive, but it’s also a harder wood which should make it a little easier to work.
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The poplar is the cow of the tree world: quick to bulk up and easy to cut down.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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The poplar is the cow of the tree world: quick to bulk up and easy to cut down.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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