Cottonwood

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.

Equivalents

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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