Poplar

Word POPLAR
Character 6
Hyphenation pop lar
Pronunciations /ˈpɒplə(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Poplar"

What do we mean by poplar?

Any of several fast-growing deciduous trees of the genus Populus, having unisexual flowers borne in catkins and seeds with cottony tufts. noun

The wood of any of these trees. noun

A tree of the genus Populus; also, the wood of the tree. noun

A tree of some other genus in some way resembling a poplar. noun

Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses. noun

The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar. noun

Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus. noun

Any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins noun

Soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar noun

Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.

Wood from the poplar tree.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Poplar

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The word "poplar" in example sentences

That said, one of the easiest finishes I know about for hardwoods like poplar is Danish oil. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Lombardy poplar is another tree that should NEVER be planted in your yard under any circumstances! ❋ Unknown (2008)

At Gubbio, verdigris poplar is found in the papagallo's tail feathers: at Urbino it appears in the duke's monogram. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I think the tulip poplar is actually a type of magnolia tree. ❋ Lindy (2005)

The white poplar is superior to the black, in that it dries more quickly and emits a greater heat. ❋ Emily Ferguson (1910)

In the wood-ways, the poplar is putting on "a bonnie green gown." ❋ Emily Ferguson (1910)

I’ll be happy to clarify if necessary. we ended up using pine. the poplar is a little more expensive, but it’s also a harder wood which should make it a little easier to work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The poplar is the cow of the tree world: quick to bulk up and easy to cut down. ❋ Jonathan Watts (2010)

You called the poplar in the fields the ‘Tower of Babel,’ for you did not know or did not want to know that it was a poplar, and now it is swaying again without a name, and you would have to call it ‘When Noah Was Drunk.’ ❋ Franz Kafka (2000)

And the poplar was a forest, and the turtle was close. ❋ Van De Wetering, Janwillem, 1931- (1977)

A poplar was a lonesome kind of thing, not like a maple or a hickory, seemed like one would hardly grow at all without other trees for company. ❋ Harriette Arnow (1954)

In nearly all the Western and Southern States the tulip is generally called poplar, and the lumber manufactured from it goes by the same name, while in the East it is known as white-wood. ❋ Various (N/A)

The poplar is the largest broad-leaf tree in this country and the trees are of great size and height. ❋ Charles Lathrop Pack (N/A)

Lombardy poplar, which is supposed to be merely a form of the black ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

While the poplar is a rapid grower, it sheds its leaves early and so is left standing, bare and ugly, before the fall is old. ❋ Ellen Eddy Shaw (N/A)

The half-developed leaves of the birch and the poplar are a yellowish-green, not unlike the yellow which they show in autumn. ❋ Frederick John Lazell (1905)

The walnut grows to a large size both here and in Azerbijan, but the poplar is the wood most commonly used for building purposes. ❋ George Rawlinson (1857)

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