Main Entry:

pop·lar

Pronunciation:

\ˈpä-plər\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English popler, from Anglo-French, from Old French *pople poplar, from Latin populus

Date:

14th century

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 poplar2: tulip tree 1