poplars
- plural of poplar.
Example Sentences
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A few minutes away, we find Camping L’Océan: smaller, quieter and shaded by tall poplars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
This insect is not native to North America and is a pest of more than 130 species of plants including poplars, ash, beech, maple, willows, dogwood, cotoneaster and lilacs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
A smaller reservoir would spare some of that prized territory, preserving native willows, poplars, and other vegetation that are now colonizing hundreds of square kilometers of the drying basin.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 3, 2024
The team discovered that, on a warming planet, plants like oaks and poplars will emit more of a compound that exacerbates poor air quality, contributing to problematic particulate matter and low-atmosphere ozone.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023
Giant tulip poplars grew in the coves and at the foot of the hills, some with trunks as wide as seven or eight feet in diameter.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
