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poplar

39 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. poplar (noun)
  2. Poplar (geographical name)
  3. poplar and willow borer (noun)
  4. poplar birch (noun)
  5. poplar borer (noun)
  6. poplar box (noun)
  7. poplar canker (noun)
  8. poplar goat moth (noun)
  9. poplar hawk moth (noun)
  10. poplar leaf fig (noun)
  11. poplar tentmaker (noun)
  12. poplar vagabond aphid (noun)
  13. poplar worm (noun)
  14. American poplar (noun)
  15. aspen poplar (noun)
  16. balsam poplar (noun)
  17. bay poplar (noun)
  18. black Italian poplar (noun)
  19. black poplar (noun)
  20. blue poplar (noun)
  21. Carolina poplar (noun)
  22. downy poplar (noun)
  23. Eugene poplar (noun)
  24. gray poplar (noun)
  25. hickory poplar (noun)
  26. Italian poplar (noun)
  27. Lombardy poplar (noun)
  28. necklace poplar (noun)
  29. river poplar (noun)
  30. silver poplar (noun)

pop·lar

noun \ˈpä-plər\

Definition of POPLAR

1
a : any of a genus (Populus) of slender catkin-bearing quick-growing deciduous trees (as an aspen or cottonwood) of the willow family b : the wood of a poplar
2
: tulip tree 1
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Origin of POPLAR

Middle English popler, from Anglo-French, from Old French *pople poplar, from Latin populus
First Known Use: 14th century

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