Meaning of Cottonwood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
3. A town in Houston County, Alabama.
4. Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus
5. A city in Yavapai County, Arizona.
6. A cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family.
7. A tree of species Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa; silk-cotton tree.
8. A census-designated place in Shasta County, California.
9. Several species of trees endemic to New Zealand.
10. A ghost town in Yolo County, California.
11. A former census-designated place and unincorporated community in Douglas County, Colorado, mostly now incorporated into the town of Parker.
12. An unincorporated community in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States.
13. A city in Idaho County, Idaho.
14. A city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
15. A small unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.
16. An unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
17. A tiny town in Jackson County, South Dakota.
18. An unincorporated community in Callahan County, Texas.
19. A city in Kaufman County, Texas.

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Examples

“Between these canyons the river has a low but rather narrow flood plain, with cottonwood groves scattered here and there, and a chaparral of mesquite bearing beans and thorns.”

“[…] 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.”

“The leaves of a small bush echoed the yellow cottonwoods that are so characteristic of the Rio Grande Valley in late fall.”

“There is no break in the trees. That is the wonder and the mystery of it. There where you see light-green rushes instead of dark-green undergrowth, there between the great cotton woods, that is my private gate into the unknown.”

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