pop|lar

pop|lar
pop|lar «POP luhr», noun.
1. a) a tree that grows very rapidly and produces light, soft wood. The Lombardy poplar, the cottonwood, and the aspen are three kinds of poplar. Poplars belong to the willow family and are native to temperate regions. b) its wood.
2. a) a tree resembling these in some way, especially the tulip tree. b) the wood of any one of these trees.
╂[< Old French poplier, extended < pouple poplar < Latin pōpulus]

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