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Definition of Lombardy poplar
1. Noun. Distinguished by its columnar fastigiate shape and erect branches.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lombardy Poplar
Literary usage of Lombardy poplar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"With age, the Lombardy poplar becomes one of the most striking and picturesque
trees, particularly when some of the sprouts are allowed to grow about the ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Poplar trees Lombardy poplar: a kindergarten story. AI. B Loughran. il Nature
Study 13:27-8 Ja 'П Poppy-seed* sent from the East; poem. V. Meynell. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... the Lombardy poplar ; its branches are thickly covered with small, imbricated,
shining-green leaves ; the mole catkins ore about 3'Unes in length; ..."
4. Familiar Trees by George Simonds Boulger (1907)
"The Lombardy poplar stands almost alone in the remarkably erect, or " fastigiate,"
habit of growth of its branches. True, the boughs of the Mount Atlas ..."
5. The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1872)
"THE Lombardy poplar THERE are not many trees that take the shape of a long spire
... The Lombardy poplar is interesting to thousands in this country, ..."
6. A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in (1830)
"The Lombardy poplar grows rapidly, and shoots in a compact spire to a great ...
The timber of the Lombardy poplar is even worse than that of the other ..."
7. Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the by Edward Allen Talbot (1824)
"... will then serve for window- " sashes."'—"Red Cedar" is found only in some
particular parts of the country. ASPEN, WEEPING WILLOW, and Lombardy poplar, ..."
8. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The erect fastigiate manner of growth approaches that of the Lombardy poplar.
... Another common borer in this tree is the Lombardy poplar borer ( à.gril«в ..."
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