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Plural of poplar

regular plural

The plural of poplar is poplars.

Forms of poplar

Singularpoplar /ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/
Pluralpoplars
Countablecountable and uncountable

Poplars in a sentence

  • Having decimated groves of cedar, quaking asps, weeping willows, poplars, and fruit trees on the last day of January, Alva C.1997, B. Franklin Cooling, Fort Donelson's Legacy, page 233. From the entry quaking asp
  • A torrent ran down the floor of the valley below, bordered by poplars; and tucked in thick trees lay a series of picturesque minaretted villages.1950 July, J. C. Mertens, “By the "Taurus Express" to Baghdad”, in Railway Magazine, page 437. From the entry minaretted
  • Nanjing's streets are lined with poplars and sycamore trees ― some of which came from France ― that provide some relief from the oppressive summer temperatures.1995, Judy Bonavia, “The Lower Reaches: Hukou to the Yellow Sea”, in The Yangzi River, Hong Kong: The Guidebook Company Ltd., →ISBN…. From the entry Zijinshan

Meaning of poplar

  1. noun Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
  2. noun Wood from the poplar tree.

Full definition of poplar

Questions about the plural of poplar

What is the plural of poplar?
The plural of poplar is poplars.
Is poplar countable?
Poplar is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poplar (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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