n.
Pronunciation: ' pä-pl ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English popler, from Anglo-French, from Old French *pople poplar, from Latin populus
Date: 14th century
1 a : any of a genus ( Populus ) of slender catkin-bearing quick-growing deciduous trees (as an aspen or cottonwood) of the willow family b : the wood of a poplar
2 : TULIP TREE 1