COTTONWOOD

cottonwood

(noun) any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cottonwood (plural cottonwoods)

A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.

Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus

cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family

Proper noun

Cottonwood

A surname.

A town in Houston County, Alabama.

A city in Yavapai County, Arizona.

A census-designated place in Shasta County, California.

A ghost town in Yolo County, California.

A former census-designated place and unincorporated community in Douglas County, Colorado, mostly now incorporated into the town of Parker.

An unincorporated community in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States.

A city in Idaho County, Idaho.

A city in Lyon County, Minnesota.

A small unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.

An unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.

A tiny town in Jackson County, South Dakota.

An unincorporated community in Callahan County, Texas.

A city in Kaufman County, Texas.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cot"ton*wood` (-wd`), n. (Bot.)

Definition: An American tree of the genus Populus or polar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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