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Definition: Poplar |
PoplarNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "poplar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Poplar \Pop"lar\, noun. [from Old English expression popler, Old French poplier, French peuplier, from the Latin expression populus poplar.]. (references) |
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Computing | 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. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Bible | 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.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Poplar (The). (Latin, populus, from populus, the people.) Being symbolical of the people, both because its leaves are dark on one side and white on the other, and also because they are never still, but blown about by the least gust of wind. In France, to the present day, the poplar is an emblem of democracy. There are black and white poplars, and the aspen-tree is one of the species. The white poplar was consecrated to Hercule, because he destroyed Kakos in a cavern of Mount Aventine, which was covered with poplars. In the moment of triumph the hero plucked a branch from one of the trees and bound it round his head. When he descended to the infernal regions, the heat caused a profuse perspiration which blanched the under surface of the leaves, while the smoke of the eternal flames blackened the upper surface. Hence the Herculean poplar has its leaves black on one side and white on the other. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was between 1888 and 1965 a metropolitan borough in the County of London. It became part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.It bordered Hackney, Stepney, and Bethnal Green. It included the districts of Bow, Bromley-by-Bow, Blackwall, Poplar and the Isle of Dogs.
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- For the place see Poplar, London.
Cottonwood Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Salicales Family: Salicaceae Genus: Populus Species
- Populus deltoides - cottonwood
- Populus grandidentata - bigtooth aspen
- Populus heterophylla - swamp cottonwood
- Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen
Populus is a genus of trees which includes the cottonwoods, poplars, and aspens, all of which are sometimes termed poplars. The "yellow poplar" or "tulip poplar" is not a poplar, but is the tuliptree.
Poplars are deciduous, and turn bright gold to yellow before their leaves fall. Like willows, many poplars have very strong and invasive root systems, so they must not be planted too close to houses or waterpipes as they will crack walls and pipes in their search for moisture.
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Poplar is a place in London, England in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.St Matthais Old Church is located on Poplar High Street, opposite Tower Hamlets College. It is next to Poplar Town Hall, Poplar Bowls Club and Poplar recreation Ground. There is a sports centre built on the site of Poplar Workhouse. Will Crooks was born in this workhouse and the Council estate opposite is named after him.
Poplar was the site, in 1921, of the Poplar Rates Rebellion, led by George Lansbury. As part of the Festival of Britain, a new estate was built to the north of the East India Dock Road and named after George Lansbury. This estate includes Chrisp Street Market, which was greatly comendated by Lewis Mumford.
Nearest places:
Local Docklands Light Railway (DLR) stations are:
- Isle of Dogs
- Limehouse
- Stepney
- Canning Town
- Bow
- All Saints DLR station
- Blackwall DLR station
- East India DLR station
- Poplar DLR station
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Poplar is a city located in Roosevelt County, Montana. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 911.Geography
Poplar is located at 48°6'34" North, 105°11'42" West (48.109474, -105.194891)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 911 people, 325 households, and 206 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,302.7/km² (3,406.0/mi²). There are 350 housing units at an average density of 500.5/km² (1,308.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 32.16% White, 0.11% African American, 63.67% Native American, 0.77% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 3.07% from two or more races. 0.88% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 325 households out of which 33.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.9% are married couples living together, 19.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.6% are non-families. 32.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 12.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.57 and the average family size is 3.26. In the city the population is spread out with 30.7% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there are 106.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 102.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $24,896, and the median income for a family is $29,688. Males have a median income of $22,250 versus $19,000 for females. The per capita income for the city is $10,579. 31.5% of the population and 23.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 32.6% are under the age of 18 and 22.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Poplar, Montana."
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Poplar is a village located in Douglas County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 552.Geography
Poplar is located at 46°34'55" North, 91°47'37" West (46.582014, -91.793712)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 30.9 km² (11.9 mi²). 30.9 km² (11.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.08% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 552 people, 209 households, and 152 families residing in the village. The population density is 17.9/km² (46.3/mi²). There are 222 housing units at an average density of 7.2/km² (18.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 98.37% White, 0.00% African American, 1.27% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races. 0.36% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 209 households out of which 34.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.4% are married couples living together, 2.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% are non-families. 22.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.64 and the average family size is 3.14. In the village the population is spread out with 29.3% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there are 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the village is $41,406, and the median income for a family is $51,406. Males have a median income of $40,893 versus $21,154 for females. The per capita income for the village is $18,218. 8.7% of the population and 6.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.5% are under the age of 18 and 14.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Poplar, Wisconsin."
Synonym: PoplarSynonym: poplar tree (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Height | Tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky; (thin). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Poplar |
| English words defined with "poplar": abele, aspen poplar ♦ balsam poplar, black cottonwood, black poplar ♦ downy poplar ♦ Eastern cottonwood ♦ Fastigiated ♦ gray poplar ♦ hackmatack, Hard wood ♦ Lombardy poplar ♦ Membranaceous ♦ necklace poplar ♦ Pompillion, Popple, Populin, Populus alba, Populus balsamifera, Populus canescens, Populus deltoides, Populus heterophylla, Populus nigra ♦ quaking, Quaking aspen, quivering ♦ Salicin, shaking, shaky, shivering, silver-leaved poplar, swamp cottonwood, swamp poplar ♦ tacamahac, Tacamahaca, trembling ♦ white aspen, white poplar, Wood pulp. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "poplar": Poplars ♦ String Oriented Symbolic Language ♦ wooded area. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "poplar": Pompillion. (references) |
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 | Portable observing tripod made of poplar Astro party of C. V. Hodgson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Moving expended truck from West Plains, Missouri to Poplar Bluff, Missouri Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Chris Doley of the NOAA Restoration Center fishing gillnets to collect larger fish that inhabit near-shore shallow water habitats. The numbers and types of species were measured to compare and determine large species fish use of shallow water habitats at Poplar Island. The nets used had 3 sizes of mesh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Lee Crockett and Dave Meyer set gillnets in Poplar Harbor. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A remnant of Middle Poplar Island. Poplar Island was originally over 1000 acres but is now only three acres. The Poplar Island chain was originally one big island that eroded into the smaller islands that now make up the archipelago. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Coaches Island before the restoration was conducted at Poplar Island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | An aerial of Northpoint Island, part of the Poplar Island complex. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Dede DeBruhl, DC in Forsyth County works with a landowner on land enrolled in the Farmland Protection Program. Hardwoods like this poplar tree have been planted on the 11 acres. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | Poplar windbreak next to cherry orchard. VanBuren County, Michigan. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Botanist Eric Erbe coats poplar twig samples with an ultra-thin platinum layer and a second layer of carbon for imaging with a scanning electron microscope. Credit: USDA ARS News. |
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| "Poplar 3" by Stephanie Summerfield Commentary: "Some poplars..." |
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| "Poplar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.74% of the time. "Poplar" is used about 124 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.74% | 115 | 30,138 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.26% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 124 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "poplar" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Poplar | Last name | 1,000 | 12,748 |
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| Country | Name |
| Japan | Poplar Company Limited |
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1. Poplar, MT (city, FIPS 58975) 2. Poplar, WI (village, FIPS 63975) |
Expressions using "poplar": aspen poplar ♦ balsam poplar ♦ black poplar ♦ downy poplar ♦ gray poplar ♦ lombardy poplar ♦ necklace poplar ♦ Poplar Bluff ♦ Poplar Branch ♦ Poplar Grove ♦ Poplar Hills ♦ Poplar Tent ♦ poplar tree ♦ swamp poplar ♦ trembling poplar ♦ tulip poplar ♦ Western balsam poplar ♦ white poplar ♦ yellow poplar. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "poplar": Poplar-Cotton Center, poplar-lined, poplar-tall, poplar-trees. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "poplar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | populier. (various references) | |
Albanian | plep. (various references) | |
Arabic | الحور, شجر الحور (popple). (various references) | |
Blackfoot | a'síítsiksimm (poplar tree). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | топола, магнолия (magnolia). (various references) | |
Chinese | 白楊 , 白杨树, 楊 (ancient place name, clear, distinct, orderly, pain, suffering). (various references) | |
Czech | topol. (various references) | |
Danish | poppel. (various references) | |
Dutch | populier, peppel. (various references) | |
Esperanto | poplo. (various references) | |
Farsi | سپیدار, درخت صنوبر. (various references) | |
Finnish | poppeli, haavat,poppelit. (various references) | |
French | peuplier. (various references) | |
Frisian | popelier, popel. (various references) | |
German | Pappel (cottonwood). (various references) | |
Greek | καβάκι, λεύκη (abele, aspen), λεύκα (abele), το καβάκι. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyárfa (aspen). (various references) | |
Italian | pioppo, albero (arbor, mast, shaft, spindle, tree). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ポピュラー音楽 (American submarine, cross of a tomato and a potato, Polaris, Polaroid Camera, pomato, Pomeranian, poplin, popular music, popularism, popularity, population, pot-pourri). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ポプラ . (various references) | |
Manx | pobbyl (cottonwood, populace, population), billey pobbyl. (various references) | |
Papago | mohmli auppa (poplar tree). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oplarpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | álamo, choupo (aspen, black poplar, European aspen, Lombardy poplar, poplar quaking aspen, Swedish aspen, trembling poplar). (various references) | |
Romanian | plop tremurãtor (asp, aspen), plop. (various references) | |
Russian | тополь тополиный, тополь, осокорь. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | topola. (various references) | |
Spanish | álamo. (various references) | |
Swedish | poppel (popular). (various references) | |
Turkish | kavak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тополя. (various references) | |
Welsh | poplysen, aethnen (aspen). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | populus, Populus spp.. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 37 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Elaben de eautw iakwb rabdon sturakinhn clwran kai karuinhn kai platanou kai elepisen autaV iakwb lepismata leuka perisurwn to clwron efaineto de epi taiV rabdoiV to leukon o elepisen poikilon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tollens ergo Iacob virgas populeas virides et amigdalinas et ex platanis ex parte decorticavit eas detractisque corticibus in his quae spoliata fuerant candor apparuit illa vero quae integra erant viridia permanserunt atque in hunc modum color effectus est varius |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Iacob toke roddes of grene popular hasell and of chestnottrees and pilled whyte strakes in the and made the white apere in the staues: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Jacob took to him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 37 |
| Cebuano | Ug mikuha si Jacob ug mga magagmay nga sanga nga lunhaw sa alamo ug sa avellano, ug sa castaño, ug iyang gipanitan kini sa mga panit nga maputi, ug gihimo nga makita ang kaputi niadtong mga sanga nga magagmay. |
| Croatian | A Jakov uzme zelenih mladica od topola, badema i platana; na njima izreza bijele pruge, otkrivši bjeliku na mladicama. |
| Danish | Men Jakob tog friske Grene af Hvidpopler, Mandeltræer og Plataner og afskrællede Barken således, at der kom hvide Striber på Grenene; |
| Dutch | Toen nam zich Jakob roeden van groen populierenhout, en van hazelaar, en van kastanje; en hij schilde daarin witte strepen, ontblotende het wit, hetwelk aan die roeden was. |
| Finnish | Mutta Jaakob otti itselleen tuoreita haavan, mantelipuun ja plataanin oksia ja kuori niihin valkeita juovia, paljastaen oksien valkoisen rungon. |
| French | Jacob prit des branches vertes de peuplier, d`amandier et de platane; il y pela des bandes blanches, mettant à nu le blanc qui était sur les branches. |
| German | Jakob aber nahm Stäbe von grünen Pappelbäumen, Haseln und Kastanien und schälte weiße Streifen daran, daß an den Stäben das Weiß bloß ward, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian Yakub mengambil dahan-dahan hijau dari pohon hawar, pohon badam dan pohon berangan, dan mengupas sebagian dari kulitnya sehingga menjadi belang-belang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka oleh Yakub diambil beberapa ranting dari pada pohon hawar yang hijau-hijau dan dari pada pohon bondok dan kastal, dikupaskannya sampai bercorak-corak putih dan kelihatannyalah putihnya, yang pada ranting-ranting itu. |
| Maori | ¶ Katahi ka tikina e Hakopa etahi rakau mana, he papara mata, he aramona, he pereni; a tihorea ana e ia etahi tihorenga ma i aua mea, a ka meinga kia ata kitea te wahi ma o nga rakau. |
| Norwegian | Men Jakob tok sig friske kjepper av poppel-, hassel- og lønnetrær og skavde hvite striper på dem, så det hvite på kjeppene kom frem. |
| Rumanian | Iacov a luat nuiele verzi de plop, de migdal wi de platan; a despoiat de pe ele fqwii de coajq, wi a fqcut sq se vadq albeaya care era pe nuiele. |
| Swedish | Men Jakob tog sig friska käppar av poppel, mandelträd och lönn och skalade på dem vita ränder, i det han blottade det vita på käpparna. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "poplar": poplars. (additional references) | |
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"Poplar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: peopler, pepla, Polaar, polara, polari, Polarrfn, pollar, Pollmair, Polpero, popall, popalub, popelo, Poplak, pople, poplier, Popolare, Popplau, poppler, Popyan, poular, Poulard, pulpar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "poplar" (pronounced pÄ"pler) |
| 3 | -p l er | coupler, sampler, templar. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-o-p-p-r" | |
-1 letter: parol, polar. | |
-2 letters: opal, oral, palp, plop, prao, proa, prop. | |
-3 letters: alp, lap, lar, lop, oar, ora, pal, pap, par, pol, pop, pro, rap. | |
-4 letters: al, ar, la, lo, op, or, pa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-o-p-p-r" | |
+1 letter: poplars, popular, propyla. | |
+2 letters: appellor, approval, malaprop, oilpaper, palpator, polypary, prolapse, proposal, sapropel. | |
+3 letters: appellors, approvals, captopril, droppable, malaprops, oilpapers, palpators, phalarope, piperonal, piroplasm, polygraph, popularly, prolapsed, prolapses, propagule, proposals, propylaea, sapropels, unpopular. | |
+4 letters: apocryphal, applicator, approvable, approvably, captoprils, fleahopper, leafhopper, malapropos, overlapped, papyrology, parapodial, phalaropes, piperonals, piroplasma, piroplasms, polygraphs, polyparies, popularise, popularity, popularize, pourparler, prolapsing, propagable, propagules, propellant, proplastid, propylaeum, protoplasm, protoplast, prototypal, repopulate. | |
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