poplar
杨树,杨木,白杨树,白杨木
Definitions
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- : any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- : the light, soft wood of any of these trees, used for pulp.
- : any of various similar trees, as the tulip tree.
- : the wood of any such tree.
Examples
She would pass the summer thaws on her grandparents’ farm in northern Minnesota, where her grandfather grew hybrid poplars for paper pulp and her grandmother taught her to cook the food they raised.
The researchers are now testing poplar Algobats on real cricket fields.
The poplar trees that line the avenues between the cellblocks are bare.
A little way beyond the poplar-grove Piegan drew rein, and held up one hand.
Far away a gap in the poplar trees showed a German observation balloon, a tiny dot against the sky.
They climbed the broken staircase and stared toward the break in the poplar trees, from the roofless floor above.
Small poplar trees were quickly felled in the neighboring forest, and their branches lopped off.
Having reached this spot, they lost no time in cutting slender poles of poplar and attaching the lines.