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Webster 1913 Edition
Cottonwood
Cot′ton-woodˊ
(-woŏdˊ)
, Noun.
(Bot.)
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. Definition 2024
Cottonwood
Cottonwood
See also: cottonwood
English
Proper noun
Cottonwood
- A surname.
- A town in Alabama
- A city in Arizona
- A census-designated place in California
- A city in Idaho
- A city in Minnesota
- A town in South Dakota
- A city in Texas
Derived terms
- Cottonwood Falls
- Cottonwood Heights
cottonwood
cottonwood
See also: Cottonwood
English
the seeds of a cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
Narrowleaf cottonwoods, Populus angustifolia
Noun
cottonwood (plural cottonwoods)
- A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
- […] and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
- Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus
- Hibiscus tiliaceus, a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family
Translations
tree from Populus with fluffy catkins