Lombardy poplar

American  

noun

1. a poplar, Populus nigra italica, having a columnar manner of growth, with branches erect and parallel.

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Lombardy poplar British  

noun

1. an Italian poplar tree, Populus nigra italica, with upwardly pointing branches giving it a columnar shape

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Etymology

Origin of Lombardy poplar

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

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Lombardy poplar

It was a very pleasant walk under maples and elms, with here and there an old-fashioned Lombardy poplar; lindens with their fringy tassels, and horse-chestnuts with their dense, spreading leaves.

From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Amanda M. Douglas

The Lombardy poplar was introduced into England by the Earl of Rochford, in 1758.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli

This road, on either hand, was bordered by a high rail fence, along which rose, here and there, the bleak spire of a ghostly and perishing Lombardy poplar.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

All the 5 species of Erica or heath growing on this island are capable of affording yellow much like those from the dyer's broom; also the bark and shoots of the Lombardy poplar, populus pyramidalis.

From Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer by Ethel M. Mairet

Pelham had a log beneath a Lombardy poplar, with a wide outlook toward the old field of Manassas.

From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston