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
The budding beech foliage, the silver poplar with its shining leaves, the maple with its blossoms, stirred me, filled me with Spring rapture.
From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen
In the dooryard the foliage of two great silver poplar or aspen trees fluttered perpetually with its light sheen.
From A Day of Fate by Roe, Edward Payson
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
Mrs. Ballinger looked like a proud silver poplar that had been seared by lightning.
From Sleeping Fires: a Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
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