popple†

[var. of poplar]

North

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1956 quote.

Quotations

1903

We started out afoot soon after dinner, through a scattering growth of popples. . . .

1941

Popple--Why the humble poplar tree should be so distorted in name is not known.

1956

Trembling Aspen Populus tremuloides Michx. [is also called] . . . popple. . . .