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Noun: poplar  póp-lu(r)
  1. Any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
    - poplar tree
     
  2. Soft light-coloured non-durable wood of the poplar

Derived forms: poplars

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree, wood

Part of: genus Populus, Populus

Encyclopedia: Poplar, Philadelphia