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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar;

2. any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins;
[syn: poplar, poplar tree]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poplar \Pop"lar\, n. [OE. popler, OF. poplier, F. peuplier, fr. L. populus poplar.] (Bot.) 1. Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses. [1913 Webster] Note: The aspen poplar is Populus tremula and Populus tremuloides; Balsam poplar is Populus balsamifera; Lombardy poplar (Populus dilatata) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is Populus alba. [1913 Webster] 2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

poplar n 1: soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar 2: any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins [syn: poplar, poplar tree]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Poplar 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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Poplar 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.)
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Poplar, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin Population (2000): 552 Housing Units (2000): 222 Land area (2000): 11.922486 sq. miles (30.879095 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.012900 sq. miles (0.033412 sq. km) Total area (2000): 11.935386 sq. miles (30.912507 sq. km) FIPS code: 63975 Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55 Location: 46.582014 N, 91.793712 W ZIP Codes (1990): 54864 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Poplar, WI Poplar
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Poplar, MT -- U.S. city in Montana Population (2000): 911 Housing Units (2000): 350 Land area (2000): 0.267472 sq. miles (0.692750 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.267472 sq. miles (0.692750 sq. km) FIPS code: 58975 Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30 Location: 48.109474 N, 105.194891 W ZIP Codes (1990): 59255 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Poplar, MT Poplar
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Poplar-Cotton Center, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California Population (2000): 1496 Housing Units (2000): 367 Land area (2000): 1.275894 sq. miles (3.304549 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.275894 sq. miles (3.304549 sq. km) FIPS code: 58191 Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06 Location: 36.053936 N, 119.144796 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Poplar-Cotton Center, CA Poplar-Cotton Center Poplar, CA Poplar