cottonwood

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any of several North American poplar trees whose seeds have tufts of cottonlike hairs

   Tall cottonwoods shaded the riverbank and released white seed fluff in spring.

A compound of cotton + wood, named for the masses of fine, cottonlike hairs attached to the tree's seeds. The North American tree name is recorded from the early nineteenth century.

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