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Definition of Cottonwood
1. Noun. Any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed.
Specialized synonyms: Eastern Cottonwood, Necklace Poplar, Populus Deltoides, Black Cottonwood, Populus Trichocarpa, Western Balsam Poplar, Black Cottonwood, Downy Poplar, Populus Heterophylla, Swamp Cottonwood, Swamp Poplar
2. Noun. American basswood of the Allegheny region.
Generic synonyms: Basswood, Lime, Lime Tree, Linden, Linden Tree
Definition of Cottonwood
1. n. An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.
Definition of Cottonwood
1. Noun. A number of species of tree in the genus ''Populus'' (poplars), typically growing along watercourses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cottonwood
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cottonwood
Literary usage of Cottonwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1908)
"The name cottonwood limestone or cottonwood Falls limestone is a commercial ...
Extensive stone-quarries were opened up in the vicinity of cottonwood Falls ..."
2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"XL POPLAR OR cottonwood (Populus). These trees are represented on both continents
and ... The common commercial "cottonwood" of the East reaches its best ..."
3. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1908)
"Their first report was published in January, 1894, and the name cottonwood Falls
limestone formally given to their number 13 of this section. ..."
4. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE cottonwood, OR CAROLINA POPLAR Teacher's Story HE sojourner on our western
plains where ... The cottonwood may be unkempt and ragged, but it is a tree, ..."
5. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance by Warren Upham (1920)
"The cottonwood, also called the necklace poplar, is a fast-growing, tall tree,
... The Canadian French traders and voyageurs gave to the cottonwood the name ..."
6. Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the by Walter Barlow Stevens (1921)
"The warping tendency of the cottonwood caused it to be condemned after these ...
There was thought to be nothing that was meaner than cottonwood lumber. ..."
7. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"Occasionally, however, the cottonwood can be used to advantage where a quick tree
... If one wishes to plant cottonwood and avoid the "cotton," which is so ..."
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