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

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.

The balsam poplar is the balm of Gilead of the early settlers, the Tacamahac of the Northern Indians.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

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 long day's march had seen the scattering groves dwindle and fail—first the bankerian pine, followed in order by the balsam poplar and the aspen.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.