Definition of Populus alba

1. Noun. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Populus Alba

Popovich
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 (current term)
Populus balsamifera
Populus canescens
Populus deltoides
Populus grandidentata
Populus heterophylla
Populus nigra
Populus nigra italica
Populus tremula
Populus tremuloides
Populus trichocarpa
Porcellio
Porcellionidae
Pordenone
Pori

Literary usage of Populus alba

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

1. A Manual of Dangerous Insects Likely to be Introduced in the United States by United States Bureau of Entomology (1918)
"Lecanium ciliatum Douglas; Europe; Populus alba, P. tremula. COLEOPTERA. ... India; bores in Populus alba and P. euphratica. (See pi. XXXV. ..."

2. The Plants of the Bible by John Hutton Balfour (1885)
"(Populus alba, Linn.) " They burn incense under oaks, and poplars, and elms ... Some think that the name may refer to the white poplar (Populus alba of Linn ..."

3. Our Woodland Trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"Populus alba. PLATE 5, FIG. 4. ... as well as rapidity of growth, give an especial character to Populus alba. To what we have already stated as to the ..."

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