poplar

Etymology

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

noun

  1. Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
    They are gathered under the low-hanging branches of a poplar, its gold and green leaves glittering on the breeze like tinsel. 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 285
  2. (uncountable) Wood from the poplar tree.

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