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Poplar

//ˈpɑ.plɚ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A suburban area in East London, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3780). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A city in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A village in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A surname. countable
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus. countable, uncountable

    "They are gathered under the low-hanging branches of a poplar, its gold and green leaves glittering on the breeze like tinsel."

  2. 2
    any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins wordnet
  3. 3
    Wood from the poplar tree. uncountable
  4. 4
    soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From poplar, also as a topographic surname for a person who lived by this tree.

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