Poplar - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Poplar : (noun)
1: soft light-colored nondurable wood of the poplar
2: any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins [syn: poplar tree]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Note: The aspen poplar is Populus tremula and P. tremuloides; Balsam poplar is P. balsamifera; Lombardy poplar ({P. dilatata) is a tall, spiry tree; white poplar is Populus alba.

2. The timber of the tulip tree; -- called also white poplar. [U.S.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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.

Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:

Poplar, MT (city, FIPS 58975) Location: 48.11029 N, 105.19589 W Population (1990): 881 (390 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59255 Poplar, WI (village, FIPS 63975) Location: 46.58193 N, 91.78780 W Population (1990): 516 (203 housing units) Area: 30.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54864

Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:

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.)

Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]: