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poplar¹

  • /ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/ UK
  • /ˈpɑ.plɚ/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English popler, from Anglo-Norman popler and Old French poplier (compare French peuplier), from Latin pōpulus, with a suffix later added.

noun poplars

  1. countable, uncountable Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus. They are gathered under the low-hanging branches of a poplar, its gold and green leaves glittering on the breeze like tinsel.

    Similar: popple

  2. uncountable Wood from the poplar tree.

Poplar²

Where it comes from

From poplar, also as a topographic surname for a person who lived by this tree.

proper noun Poplars

  1. countable, uncountable A suburban area in East London, borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3780).
  2. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, United States.
  3. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
  4. countable, uncountable A city in Roosevelt County, Montana, United States.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, North Carolina, United States.
  6. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A village in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.
  8. countable A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: poplar tree, abele, cottonwood, aspen, balsam, black, lombardy, populus, white poplar, popple, populetum, balsam poplar, plane tree, black poplar, alamo, poui

Translations

Every language

noun any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus

Españolálamo, chopo
한국어포플러 popeulleo
日本語ポプラ popura
中文楊樹 /杨树 yángshù
हिन्दीचिनार cinār
Kiswahilimpopla, mlibua
Portuguêschoupo
Françaispeuplier
DeutschPappel
Italianopioppo
Ελληνικάλεύκα léfka
Românăplop
Русскийто́поль tópolʹ
Tiếng Việtdương
العربيةحَوْر ḥawr
עבריתצפצפה tzaftzafáh

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"poplar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/poplar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

poplar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/poplar

Chicago

"poplar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/poplar.

BibTeX
@misc{poplar_2026,
  title = {poplar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poplar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}