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Definition of Silver-leaved poplar
1. Noun. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces.
Generic synonyms: Poplar, Poplar Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver-leaved Poplar
Literary usage of Silver-leaved poplar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(Populus alba) ABELE or silver-leaved poplar AA. Leaves dark green on both sides,
smooth, broad as long, finely and regularly toothed; apex tapering. ..."
2. Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening by Robert Morris Copeland (1866)
"Kim, " European Elm, " Abele or silver-leaved poplar, bad; leaves out late, and
loses its foliage. Scotch Larch, very good. European Linden, very inferior; ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1893)
"... with the god some thirty odd plants, chief among which are the Ivy, the
silver-leaved poplar, the grapevine, Ihe myrtle, the fig, the bind weed, etc. ..."
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