balsam poplar
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of balsam poplar
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
Example Sentences
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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
The balsam poplar has a large bud thickly covered with a sticky, pungent, gelatinous substance.
From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua
She was very sensitive to his disapproval, and suffered acutely when he showed how he despised a person who forgot the difference between a sycamore and a balsam poplar.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth
Next in importance after spruce, in the interior, is birch, and then balsam poplar.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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.
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