poplar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: poplar	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for poplar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poplar n soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins Synonym(s): poplar, poplar tree
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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}.)