poplar

[pop-ler] /ˈpɒp lər/
noun
1.
any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
2.
the light, soft wood of any of these trees, used for pulp.
3.
any of various similar trees, as the tulip tree.
4.
the wood of any such tree.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English popler(e), variant of populer, equivalent to Middle English, Old English popul popple2 (< Latin pōpulus poplar) + -er -er2; suffix apparently added on model of Middle French pouplier, equivalent to pouple poplar + -ier -ier2
Related forms
poplared, adjective
Can be confused
poplar, popular.
Examples from the web for poplar
  • She had swallowed as many as she could, she said, stroking the cracked trunk of the poplar tree.
  • Some years ago there was discussion of converting poplar wood to methanol.
  • In the near distance blackjack oak, poplar, and pine fill the hillside woods.
British Dictionary definitions for poplar

poplar

/ˈpɒplə/
noun
1.
any tree of the salicaceous genus Populus, of N temperate regions, having triangular leaves, flowers borne in catkins, and light soft wood See also aspen, balsam poplar, Lombardy poplar, white poplar
2.
any of various trees resembling the true poplars, such as the tulip tree
3.
the wood of any of these trees
Word Origin
C14: from Old French poplier, from pouple, from Latin pōpulus
Word Origin and History for poplar
n.

mid-14c., from Anglo-French popler, from Old French poplier (13c., Modern French peulplier), from Latin populus "poplar" (with a long "o;" not the same word that produced popular), of unknown origin, possibly from a PIE tree-name root *p(y)el- (cf. Greek pelea "elm"). Italian pioppo, Spanish chopo, German pappel, Old Church Slavonic topoli all are from Latin.

poplar in Technology


Morris, 1978. A blend of LISP with SNOBOL4 pattern matching and APL-like postfix syntax. Implicit iteration over lists, sorting primitive. "Experience with an Applicative String-Processing Language", J.H. Morris et al, 7th POPL, ACM 1980, pp.32-46.

poplar in the Bible

Heb. libneh, "white", (Gen. 30:37; Hos. 4:13), in all probability the storax tree (Styrax officinalis) or white poplar, distinguished by its white blossoms and pale leaves. It is common in the Anti-Libanus. Other species of the poplar are found in Palestine, such as the white poplar (P. alba) of our own country, the black poplar (P. nigra), and the aspen (P. tremula). (See WILLOW.)