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# poplar

noun (a poplar, poplars)

«poplar» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A poplar is a tall, fast-growing tree with soft wood and leaves that often shake in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#m1)
2. Poplar is the wood of this tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x1)
- The poplar's leaves rustled in the breeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x2)
- Poplars grow fast near rivers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x3)
- Matchsticks can be made from poplar wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x4)
- We sat in the shade of the poplar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x5)
- The aspen is a kind of poplar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x6)
- Cottonwood poplars drop fluffy seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/#x7)
- A row of poplars shelters the farm from wind. [tree →](https://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://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.

## In Jewish tradition

Hosea speaks of sacrifices under oaks, poplars and terebinths for the good shade, and the prophet blames the people for worship away from God. In the primary 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

- And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods. (Torah GEN.30.37, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poplar/#x1)
- They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and offer upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good; therefore your daughters commit harlotry, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery. (Prophets HOS.4.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poplar/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «poplar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poplar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«poplar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/poplar.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «poplar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/poplar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«poplar» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/poplar.html) on Mova free.