balsam poplar

American  

noun

1. a North American tree, Populus balsamifera, having sticky, resinous buds and shiny ovate leaves.

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balsam poplar British  

noun

1. a poplar tree, Populus balsamifera , of NE North America, having resinous buds and broad heart-shaped leaves See also tacamahac

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Etymology

Origin of balsam poplar

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Example Sentences

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balsam poplar

A few trees of the balsam poplar, Populus tacamahaca Mill., are found in Lake County near the shores of Lake Michigan.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.

The Athabaska below Fort MacMurray is a noble stream, one-third of a mile wide, deep, steady, unmarred; the banks are covered with unbroken virginal forests of tall white poplar, balsam poplar, spruce, and birch.

From The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake by Seton, Ernest Thompson

Nearly a world tree is this poplar, which in some one of its variable forms is called also tacamahac, and balsam poplar as well.

From Getting Acquainted with the Trees by McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace)

The balsam poplar has a large bud thickly covered with a sticky, pungent, gelatinous substance.

From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua

But on a street, where the repression of pavements and sidewalks interferes with this exuberance, the balsam poplar is well worth planting.

From Getting Acquainted with the Trees by McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace)