Well attestedNamed from the place
Lombardy poplar
noun · first attested 18th century
Every Lombardy poplar is a male clone of a single mutant tree.
A narrow, column-shaped variety of black poplar planted in rows as a windbreak or screen.
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- Named from the place
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- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 18th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Lombardy poplar
The columnar form was noticed in northern Italy and carried across Europe and to North America from the 18th century, propagated only from cuttings because it breeds no true seedlings. Since they are all male clones of one original, they set no seed and tend to decline at much the same age.
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