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Vinony

poplar

noun

  1. type of tree
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/ / /ˈpɑ.plɚ/

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

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noun

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

  1. 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.”

  2. Wood from the poplar tree.