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cottonwood Definition

☆ cotton·wood (-wo̵od′)

noun

  1. any of several poplars that have seeds thickly covered with cottony or silky hairs, esp. a rapidly growing lowland tree (Populus deltoides) of E and central U.S.
  2. the wood of any of these trees
cottonwood Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • tree: Most of the musicians are sitting by and under the big cottonwood tree, passing around a bottle.