cottonwood: see willow willow, common name for some members of the Salicaceae, a family of deciduous trees and shrubs of worldwide distribution, especially abundant from north temperate to arctic areas.
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Any of several fast-growing North American trees of the genus Populus. Members of the willow family, cottonwoods have heart-shaped, toothed leaves and cottony seeds. The dangling leaves clatter in the wind. The eastern cottonwood (P. deltoides) has thick glossy leaves. Carolina poplar (P. angulata) and P. eugenei may be natural hybrids between P. deltoides and the Eurasian black poplar (P. nigra). The Alamo, or Fremont cottonwood (P. fremontii), is the tallest of the group. See also poplar.
cottonwood [′kät·ən‚wu̇d]
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Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
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cottonwood [′kät·ən‚wu̇d]
(botany)
Any of several poplar trees(Populus)having hairy, encapsulated fruit.
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