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Cottonwood

Cottonwood Meaning & Definition
Cottonwood Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cottonwood?

[n] American basswood of the Allegheny region
[n] any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cottonwood: Tilia heterophylla | white basswood

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cottonwood:

See Also | basswood | black cottonwood | downy poplar | Eastern cottonwood | lime | lime tree | linden | linden tree | necklace poplar | poplar | poplar tree | Populus deltoides | Populus heterophylla | Populus trichocarpa | swamp cottonwood | swamp poplar | Western balsam poplar

Cottonwood In Webster's Dictionary

\Cot"ton*wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.) An American tree of the genus {Populus} or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the {P. monilifera} and {P. angustifolia} of the Western United States.

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