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
Mrs. Newbolt found her alone in the garden, sitting under the shimmering silver poplar.
From The Vehement Flame by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
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)
A young silver poplar looked ghastly in the distance; and now and then a tree out off by a shot looked almost human in its mutilation.
From Taken Alive by Roe, Edward Payson
They are also much more irregular and ungainly when made with broad leaves, such as those of the silver poplar, than when made from the more narrow leaves of the willow tree.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.
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