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white poplar
noun
- Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- the soft, straight-grained wood of this tree.
white poplar
noun
- Also calledabele a Eurasian salicaceous tree, Populus alba, having leaves covered with dense silvery-white hairs
- another name for tulipwood
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Word History and Origins
Origin of white poplar1
An Americanism dating back to 1765–75
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Example Sentences
We are once more favored with a grass bed instead of one of dust, and with white poplar wood for fuel, instead of buffalo chips.
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Take bark of white poplar root, boil it thick, and add a little spirit, and then lay it on the stomach.
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A rock lay embedded in this rich forest-grass, and over it a huge white poplar spread its branches like a tent.
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In classical superstition the black poplar was consecrated to the goddess Proserpine, and the white poplar to Hercules.
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It is often divided commercially, according to color, into "white poplar" and "yellow poplar."
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