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# poplar

«poplar» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall, fast-growing tree with soft wood and leaves that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a poplar, poplars)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A poplar is a tall, fast-growing tree with soft wood and leaves that often shake in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#m1)

2) Poplar is the wood of this tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons it is a common tree in Europe and North America, often planted in rows along roads and rivers. Kinds include the aspen and the cottonwood. In stories rows of poplars give a picture of the countryside.

### examples

- Tall poplars lined the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x1)
- The poplar's leaves rustled in the breeze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x2)
- Poplars grow fast near rivers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x3)
- Matchsticks can be made from poplar wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x4)
- We sat in the shade of the poplar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x5)
- The aspen is a kind of poplar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x6)
- Cottonwood poplars drop fluffy seeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x7)
- A row of poplars shelters the farm from wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x8)
- It looks as if the fairies were planting little shining baby poplar trees and watering them with liquid light." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x9)

### note

Homophone-like trap: «popular» (liked by many) has an extra «u»: pop-u-lar. «Poplar» is the tree: POP-lar.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «poplar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.