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cottonwood
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cottonwood has 2 senses
- cottonwood(n = noun.plant) Array - any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed; Array is a kind of poplar, poplar tree
- cottonwood(n = noun.plant) tilia heterophylla, white basswood - American basswood of the Allegheny region; Array is a kind of basswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree
has particulars: eastern cottonwood, necklace poplar, populus deltoides, black cottonwood, populus trichocarpa, western balsam poplar, black cottonwood, downy poplar, populus heterophylla, swamp cottonwood, swamp poplar
CIDE DICTIONARY
cottonwood, n.
An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the Populus monilifera and Populus angustifolia of the Western United States. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cottonwood, n.
1 any of several poplars, native to N. America, having seeds covered in white cottony hairs.
2 any of several trees native to Australia, esp. a downy-leaved tree, Bedfordia arborescens.
1 any of several poplars, native to N. America, having seeds covered in white cottony hairs.
2 any of several trees native to Australia, esp. a downy-leaved tree, Bedfordia arborescens.
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