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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pop•lar /ˈpɑplɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a rapidly growing softwood tree of the willow family.
- [uncountable] the wood of this tree, used esp. for pulp.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pop•lar (pop′lər),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- the light, soft wood of any of these trees, used for pulp.
- Plant Biologyany of various similar trees, as the tulip tree.
- the wood of any such tree.
- Latin pōpulus poplar) + -er -er2; suffix apparently added on model of Middle French pouplier, equivalent. to pouple poplar + -ier -ier2
- Middle English popler(e), variant of populer, equivalent. to Middle English, Old English popul popple2 (1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: poplar /ˈpɒplə/ n - any tree of the salicaceous genus Populus, of N temperate regions, having triangular leaves, flowers borne in catkins, and light soft wood
- any of various trees resembling the true poplars, such as the tulip tree
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French poplier, from pouple, from Latin pōpulus |