Phrase guide

black poplar

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of species Populus nigra of poplars found in Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

large European poplar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Populus nigra

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: poplar, poplar tree

Narrower terms: Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra italica

History

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shpel — Populus nigra
  • Catalan: pollancre — Populus nigra
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑楊 /黑杨 — Populus nigra
  • Finnish: mustapoppeli — Populus nigra
  • Georgian: ოფი (opi) — Populus nigra
  • Ancient Greek: αἴγειρος (aígeiros) — Populus nigra
  • Hungarian: fekete nyár — Populus nigra
  • Kashmiri: پھرَٛس (phras) — Populus nigra
  • Komi-Zyrian: тополь (topoľ) — Populus nigra
  • Komi-Zyrian: оржы (oržy) — Populus nigra
  • Norman: peuplle — Populus nigra
  • Norman: peuplyi — Populus nigra
  • Norman: peupiller — Populus nigra
  • Polish: topola czarna — Populus nigra
  • Polish: sokora — Populus nigra
  • Polish: sokorzyna — Populus nigra
  • Polish: topola nadwiślańska — Populus nigra
  • Polish: jasiokor — Populus nigra
  • Serbo-Croatian: osokor — Populus nigra
  • Serbo-Croatian: crna topola — Populus nigra
  • Slovak: topol černý — Populus nigra
  • Spanish: chopo — Populus nigra
  • Spanish: negral — Populus nigra
  • Swedish: svartpoppel — Populus nigra
  • Turkish: karakavak — Populus nigra
  • Volapük: blägaplop — Populus nigra