poplar

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.plɚ/
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Noun

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poplar (countable and uncountable, plural poplars)

  1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
    • 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 285:
      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.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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poplar m pl

  1. indefinite plural of poppel

Turkish

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Noun

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poplar

  1. nominative plural of pop