COTTONWOOD

cottonwood

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. , a taxonomic section of the poplar genus
  3. , a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family


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