Definition of Populus canescens

1. Noun. Large rapidly growing poplar with faintly lobed dentate leaves grey on the lower surface; native to Europe but introduced and naturalized elsewhere.

Exact synonyms: Gray Poplar, Grey Poplar
Generic synonyms: Poplar, Poplar Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Populus Canescens

Popperian
Poppy
Poppy Day
Pops
Popsicle
Popsicles
Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Pal
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Gene
Popular Struggle Front
Population Commission
Populist Party
Populus
Populus alba
Populus balsamifera
Populus canescens (current term)
Populus deltoides
Populus grandidentata
Populus heterophylla
Populus nigra
Populus nigra italica
Populus tremula
Populus tremuloides
Populus trichocarpa
Porcellio
Porcellionidae
Pordenone
Pori
Porifera
Poronotus

Literary usage of Populus canescens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus Lucas Hillhouse (1819)
"Cot (on wood 11227 Populus canescens. . . White or grey poplar. . II, 235 Populus grandidentata. . Large American aspen. . II, 243 Populus hudsonica. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Populus alba x tremula Gray poplar Deciduous tree Cultivated and occasionally escaped to waste ground and edges. Populus canescens (Ait. ..."

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