Poplar
['pɑplɚ]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins.
(noun.) soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar.
Typed by Anatole--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any tree of the genus Populus; also, the timber, which is soft, and capable of many uses.
(n.) The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar.
Editor: Nettie
Definition
n. a tree common in the northern hemisphere of rapid growth and having diœcious flowers arranged in catkins both male and female flowers with an oblique cup-shaped perianth.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing poplars, is an omen of good, if they are in leaf or bloom. For a young woman to stand by her lover beneath the blossoms and leaves of a tulip poplar, she will realize her most extravagant hopes. Her lover will be handsome and polished. Wealth and friends will be hers. If they are leafless and withered, she will meet with disappointments.
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Examples
- In this reconnoissance we captured and held the enemy's works near Poplar Spring Church. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then on through the level darkness, with glimpses of sleeping farms and thin poplar trees and deserted high-roads. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Before the door, were three tall poplar trees, which made it very dark within; and the wind moaned through them with a dismal wail. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Blanche and Mary were of equal stature,--straight and tall as poplars. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Typist: Osborn