Cottonwood

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  • noun. Any of several North American poplar trees, especially Populus deltoides, which has triangular leaves and a tuft of cottony hairs on the seeds.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In Australia, a tree of the aster family, Bedfordia salicina: so called from the cottony under-surface of the leaves, or its hard, brownish, mottled wood. Called dogwood and honeywood in Tasmania.
  • noun. The name of several species of the genus Populus the United States, from the light cottony tuft at the base of the numerous small seeds.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. A number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
  • noun. American basswood of the Allegheny region
    • Word Usage
    "Dry inner bark from a cottonwood is tje best tinder."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    basswood  lime  lime tree  linden  linden tree  
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    buckeye  dogwood  eucalyptus  hemlock  hemlocks  
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