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
Then she went back to the bench under the silver poplar and sat down.
From The Awakening of Helena Richie by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
Within on a grass-plot in the garden stood a silver poplar, the moonlight fell sharply on the quivering leaves; sometimes they showed their dark side, sometimes their white.
From Mogens and Other Stories by Grabow, Anna
Well, right beside it there used to be a big silver poplar.
From The Land of Long Ago by Hall, Eliza Calvert
She saw again the fragrant dusk of the rectory garden, and heard the wind in the silver poplar and the tremble in a strong voice at her side.
From John Ward, Preacher by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
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