English Explanatory Dictionary

cottonwood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
  2. Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus
  3. A cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family.
  4. A tree of species Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa; silk-cotton tree.
  5. Several species of trees endemic to New Zealand.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Houston County, Alabama.
  3. A city in Yavapai County, Arizona.
  4. A census-designated place in Shasta County, California.
  5. A ghost town in Yolo County, California.
  6. A former census-designated place and unincorporated community in Douglas County, Colorado, mostly now incorporated into the town of Parker.
  7. An unincorporated community in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States.
  8. A city in Idaho County, Idaho.
  9. A city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
  10. A small unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.
  11. An unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
  12. A tiny town in Jackson County, South Dakota.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cottonwood.wav

Word forms

cottonwood cottonwoods

Etymology

From cotton + wood.

Derived words

balsam cottonwood black cottonwood coastal cottonwood coast cottonwood cottonwood borer cottonwood hibiscus cottonwood leaf beetle cottonwood leaf-mining beetle eastern cottonwood Fremont cottonwood Great Plains cottonwood green cottonwood lanceleaf cottonwood mountain cottonwood narrowleaf cottonwood northern cottonwood plains cottonwood river cottonwood swamp cottonwood willow cottonwood Wislizenus's cottonwood yellow cottonwood Cottonwood County Cottonwood Falls Cottonwood Heights Cottonwood Wash
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