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 locked the door and sat down under the silver poplar to wait for Gilbert, feeling very tired but still unweariedly thinking "long, long thoughts."
From Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Now he clearly heard the sound from the leaves of the silver poplar.
From Mogens and Other Stories by Anna Grabow
Mrs. Ballinger looked like a proud silver poplar that had been seared by lightning.
From Sleeping Fires: a Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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 Anna Grabow
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