cottonwood

See also: Cottonwood

English

the seeds of a cottonwood (Populus deltoides)

Narrowleaf cottonwoods, Populus angustifolia

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.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
  […] and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
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

tree from Populus with fluffy catkins

Hibiscus tiliaceus

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