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COTTONWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
American basswood of the Allegheny region
Synonyms:
cottonwood; Tilia heterophylla; white basswood
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cottonwood" is a kind of...):
basswood; lime; lime tree; linden; linden tree (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("cottonwood" is a kind of...):
poplar; poplar tree (any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cottonwood"):
Eastern cottonwood; necklace poplar; Populus deltoides (a common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber)
black cottonwood; Populus trichocarpa; Western balsam poplar (cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath)
black cottonwood; downy poplar; Populus heterophylla; swamp cottonwood; swamp poplar (North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood)
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