cottonwood : Idioms & Phrases
black cottonwood
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noun North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood
black cottonwood; Populus heterophylla; downy poplar; swamp poplar.
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noun cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath
Populus trichocarpa; Western balsam poplar.
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eastern cottonwood
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noun 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
necklace poplar; Populus deltoides.
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swamp cottonwood
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noun North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood
black cottonwood; Populus heterophylla; downy poplar; swamp poplar.
