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Definition of Necklace poplar
1. Noun. A common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necklace Poplar
Literary usage of Necklace poplar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pamphlets on Forestry in North Carolina (1894)
"necklace poplar (Populus monilifera] is a tree indigenous to our swamps but now
in general cultivation around towns. It makes even on poor soils a large ..."
2. Studies of Trees in Winter: A Description of the Deciduous Trees of by Annie Oakes Huntington (1902)
"The name necklace poplar comes from the resemblance of the fruit of the catkins
to the beads of a necklace. ..."
3. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"necklace poplar. Lvs. subcordate-deltoid, smooth, glandular at base, with
cartilaginous, hairy, ..."
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