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White poplar

noun

A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces. Synonyms: abele, aspen poplar, Populus alba, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen.

Light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer. Synonyms: true tulipwood, tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar.

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... insanity, hysteria, and nervous diseases the mumia of the sufferer must be planted, at 2 a.m., with a cutting of white poplar, and as soon as the latter shows evidences of decay, ...

— The Sorcery Club • Elliott O'Donnell

... upon plants such natural forces as I have mentioned produce some curious mechanical results. Thus it is possible to determine the time of the year from the motion of the leaves of certain trees like the olive, the white poplar and the willow, for when the summer solstice has arrived their leaves turn over. Not less curious is the habit of that flower which is called the heliotrope, which in the morning looks upon the rising sun and, following its journey to its setting, ...

— Roman Farm Management - The Treatises Of Cato And Varro • Marcus Porcius Cato

Words linked to "White poplar" : poplar tree, poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip poplar, wood, canary whitewood, tulip tree, yellow poplar