POPLAR


Meaning of POPLAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpä-plər ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.