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n. Any of several North American poplar trees, especially Populus deltoides, which has triangular leaves and a tuft of cottony hairs on the seeds.

n. A number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses.

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.

n. 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.

n. 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.

n. any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed

n. American basswood of the Allegheny region

"For it is a "cottonwood" -- a species not found elsewhere upon the same plain; its seed no doubt transported thither by some straying bird."

basswood    lime tree    lime    linden    linden tree   

black cottonwood    common cottonwood    cotton-worm egg-parasite    yellow cottonwood    balsam cottonwood    willow-leaved cottonwood    narrow-leaved cottonwood    white cottonwood    fremont cottonwood    lance-leaf cottonwood   

poplar    sycamore    larch    hickory    hemlock    linden    maple    eucalyptus    ilex    buckeye