poplar
UK/ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)//ˈpɑ.plɚ/
poplar noun: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
Noun
poplar (countable and uncountable, plural poplars)
Proper noun capitalized: Poplar
Poplar (countable and uncountable, plural Poplars)
- A suburban area in East London, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3780).
- An unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
- A city in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.
- A village in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A surname.
poplar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
poplar in Hindi
- any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus
- चिनार cinār
poplar in Tamil
- நெட்டிலிங்கம்
poplar in Marathi
- पॉप्लर, पोपलर, पोप्लर
poplar in Urdu
- سفیدہ
More languagesFewer languages
- poplar in Bengali
- পপলার, পোপলার
- poplar in Telugu
- పాప్లర్, పోప్లర్, పొప్లర్
- poplar in Malayalam
- പോപ്ലർ, പോപ്ളർ
- poplar in Kannada
- ಪಾಪ್ಲರ್, ಪೋಪ್ಲರ್, ಪೊಪ್ಲರ್
- poplar in Punjabi
- ਚਿਨਾਰ cinār
- poplar in Gujarati
- પોપલર, પોપ્લર, પૉપ્લર
- poplar in Odia
- ପପଲର୍, ପୋପ୍ଲର, ପୋପ୍ଲାର
- poplar in Nepali
- पोप्लर, पोपलर, पपलर
- poplar in Tagalog
- alamo
- poplar in Arabic
- حَوْر ḥawr
- poplar in Persian
- سپیدار sepidâr, قواخ qavâx, صنوبر senowbar
- poplar in Vietnamese
- dương
Examples of poplar in a sentence
- The houses of the estancias shrank behind screens of poplar and eucalyptus.
- Tourists visit a forest of desert poplar or populus euphratica in Huangqu Town, Dunhuang City, Northwest China's Gansu Province.
- “Over there I'm growing Lumper,” he tells us as we look across potato rows growing between poplar windbreaks.
Synonyms of poplar
Forms of poplar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | poplars |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Poplars |
Origin of poplar
From Middle English popler, from Anglo-Norman popler and Old French poplier (compare French peuplier), from Latin pōpulus, with a suffix later added.
From poplar, also as a topographic surname for a person who lived by this tree.
Words formed from poplar
- American poplar
- aspen poplar
- balsam poplar
- bay poplar
- black Italian poplar
- black poplar
- blue poplar
- Canadian poplar
- Carolina poplar
- downy poplar
- Eugene poplar
- Euphrates poplar
- gray poplar
- grey poplar
- hickory poplar
- hybrid black poplar
- Italian poplar
- Japanese poplar
- Korean poplar
- Lombardy poplar
- Mongolian poplar
- necklace poplar
- pink poplar
- Plains poplar
- poplar admiral
- poplar and willow borer
- poplar birch
- Poplar Bluff
- poplar borer
- poplar box
- poplar canker
- poplar goat moth
- poplar grey
- poplar hawkmoth
- Poplarism
- poplar kitten
- poplar leaf fig
- poplar-leaved birch
- poplarlike
- poplar vagabond aphid
- Poplar Valley
- poplar worm
- river poplar
- silver-leaved poplar
- silver leaved poplar
- silver poplar
- soft poplar
- swamp poplar
- trembling poplar
- tulip poplar
- water poplar
- western balsam poplar
- white poplar
- willow poplar
- yellow poplar
Phrases with poplar
Questions about poplar
- What does poplar mean?
- Poplar means any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.
- What is poplar in Hindi?
- Poplar in Hindi is चिनार (cinār). See Poplar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is poplar?
- Poplar can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce poplar?
- Poplar is pronounced /ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of poplar?
- The plural of poplar is poplars.
Words near poplar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: poplar (page history and authors); Poplar (page history and authors); poplar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poplar (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poplar (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); poplar (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poplar (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poplar (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poplar (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਚਿਨਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); poplar (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poplar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); poplar (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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