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
It often seems to me like that silver poplar before my window.
From Memories A Story of German Love by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
There is a tree called 'the silver maple,'" was the reply, "and there is also the silver poplar.
From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman
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
Girls, when you come back with your strawberries we'll have tea out here under the silver poplar.
From Anne of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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