poplar

UK /ˈpɒp.lə(ɹ)/ US /ˈpɑ.plɚ/

name 5noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

fast-growing, gold, next, small, strong, white

VERB + POPLAR

branches, dancing, plant, uses

POPLAR + NOUN

tree, trees, willow, wood

PREP.

on, with

noun

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.

Wood from the poplar tree.

name

A placename:

They are gathered under the low-hanging branches of a poplar, its gold and green leaves glittering on the breeze like tinsel.

Wiktionary

The white poplar was uprooted.

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The yard was quite dark as they turned into it and the poplar leaves were rustling silkily all round it.

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A truffle is a fungus which lives in symbiosis with the roots of certain plants, such as oak, hazel, beech, poplar and willow trees.

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On the other side of the river is a poplar wood.

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There's a poplar wood on the other side of the river.

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