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Lombardy poplar

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Lombardy poplar
n.
A deciduous tree (Populus nigra var. italica) having upward-pointing branches that form a slender, columnar outline.
[After Lombardy.]
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Noun1.Lombardy poplarLombardy poplar - distinguished by its columnar fastigiate shape and erect branches
Populus nigra italica
black poplar, Populus nigra - large European poplar


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There was a long row of them in the orchard, with a Lombardy poplar at either end, and a hedge of lilacs behind.
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Strange children, who meant nothing to me, were playing in the Harlings' big yard when I passed; the mountain ash had been cut down, and only a sprouting stump was left of the tall Lombardy poplar that used to guard the gate.
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It had no park, but the pleasure-grounds were tolerably extensive; and like every other place of the same degree of importance, it had its open shrubbery, and closer wood walk, a road of smooth gravel winding round a plantation, led to the front, the lawn was dotted over with timber, the house itself was under the guardianship of the fir, the mountain-ash, and the acacia, and a thick screen of them altogether, interspersed with tall Lombardy poplars, shut out the offices.
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