''poplar'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260227140228-00-⌔

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English

Noun

poplar (countable and uncountable, plural poplars)

• 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.¹
• (uncountable) Wood from the poplar tree.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɑ.plɚ/
  • Audio (US): 🔊

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Footnotes

1. 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 285: ↩