silver poplar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of silver poplar
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Example Sentences
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A south breeze brought the scent of lilacs and sweet fennel to his nostrils and set all the frosty-green leaves of a silver poplar tree to trembling.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
It often seems to me like that silver poplar before my window.
From Memories A Story of German Love by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
Gifford was silent, almost breathless; it all came back to him,—the warm, still afternoon, the sunshine, the faintly rustling leaves of the big silver poplar, and Mr. Denner's friend's love story.
From John Ward, Preacher by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
There ain't a prettier tree in the world than the silver poplar.
From The Land of Long Ago by Eliza Calvert Hall
In the dooryard the foliage of two great silver poplar or aspen trees fluttered perpetually with its light sheen.
From A Day of Fate by Edward Payson Roe
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