poplar

pop·lar | \ ˈpä-plər

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Definition of poplar

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : any of a genus (Populus) of slender catkin-bearing quick-growing deciduous trees (such as an aspen or cottonwood) of the willow family

b : the wood of a poplar

2 : tulip tree sense 1

Poplar

geographical name

Pop·lar | \ ˈpä-plər

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Definition of Poplar (Entry 2 of 2)

former metropolitan borough of eastern London, England, on the northern bank of the Thames River that is now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets

Examples of poplar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The familiar holiday species often infest stately trees such as oaks or poplar: In winter, when these trees are leafless, the parasites’ green, Truffula-like clumps are easy to spot dotting their host tree’s branches. — Rachel Ehrenberg, Smithsonian Magazine, "The Biology of Mistletoe," 23 Dec. 2020 Get the 23-piece official tournament version of the game, made with splinter-resistant poplar and manufactured in the St. Louis Park garage of Jason Larson, owner of JP’s Backyard Games. — Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, "Essential Minnesota gift guide: 61 perfect picks while we're all home for the holidays," 27 Nov. 2020 Their version features a slice of a Minnesota poplar, oak or cottonwood trunk printed with the state map and packaged in a wooden briefcase with a little hammer and 100 nails. — Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, "Essential Minnesota gift guide: 61 perfect picks while we're all home for the holidays," 27 Nov. 2020 Prosek said Hill-Stead is not a lending institution, so artist Fritz Horstman was commissioned to create a sculpture out of poplar inspired by the museum. — Susan Dunne, courant.com, "CT Art Trail celebrates 25th anniversary with exhibit at Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford," 16 Oct. 2020 For a similar table, try Ethan Allen’s Dynasty Rectangular Coffee Table, in poplar with a cherry veneer. — Kathryn O’shea-evans, WSJ, "How to Create a Cozy, Classic American Living Room," 25 Sep. 2020 And here’s just a partial list of trees spotted lanternfly might feed upon: almonds, apples, apricots, cherries, maple, oak, pine, nectarines, peaches, plums, poplar, sycamore, walnut, willow, and on and on and on. — Marc Mcandrews, Smithsonian Magazine, "Can Scientists Stop the Plague of the Spotted Lanternfly?," 22 Sep. 2020 The researchers focused on crops like switchgrass and sugarcane or woody plants like fast-growing poplar and assumed that any carbon in vegetation present on land converted to this use was lost at the start (burned, for example). — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "CO₂ removal to halt warming soon would be a gargantuan undertaking," 27 Aug. 2020 Before planting the poplars, Intrinsyx inoculate the poplar cuttings with high concentrations of a microbe called PDN3. — Wudan Yan, New York Times, "Superfund, Meet Super Plants," 7 Apr. 2020

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19 Jan 2021

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“Poplar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poplar. Accessed 19 Jan. 2021.

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