cottonwoodn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcottonwood.

1. The name of several species of poplar ( Populus) in U.S.; so called from the cotton-like substance surrounding the seeds. Also cottonwood tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun]

popple1229

popple-tree1229

abele?a1300

poplar1371

black poplar1542

white poplar1542

poppling1570

cotton tree1633

tacamahac1739

Lombardy poplar1766

poplar pine1770

Po poplar1776

grey poplar1782

cottonwood1787

pine poplar1789

liard1809

white-backa1825

necklace poplar1845

silver poplar1847

weather-tree1847

hackmatack1873

bitter-weed1878

balsam-poplar1884

Russian poplar1884

Lombardy1917

1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 30 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 214 The tallest..cotton-wood trees I ever saw.

1807 P. Gass Jrnl. 83 The cotton wood leaves are as large as dollars.

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) i. App. 41 Timber..generally hackberry, cottonwood, and ash.

1817 J. Bradbury Trav. 258 The alluvion of the river contains a greater variety of which the principalare—Cottonwood, sycamore, overcup oak, [etc.].

1823 J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity 140 River bottom lands..support large growths of trees, consisting of cotton wood (Populus angulata).

1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie ii He buried his axe to the eye in the soft body of a cotton-wood tree.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xviii. 237 A shady clump of cottonwoods invited us to rest.

1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 391 Besides the maples and oaks some of the largest trees found in Illinois are the cotton-wood.

1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxv. 350 A scattered grove of cottonwoods grew about the water-hole.

2. An Australian evergreen shrub, Bedfordia salicina, of the family Compositæ, which can grow to the size of a small tree. Also called blanket-leaf.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian > evergreens

Pimelea1793

epacris1805

tauhinu1848

mikimiki1858

mingi1867

mingimingi1867

cottonwood1889

wallum1889

Geraldton wax1920

epacrid-

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 386 The ‘Cotton-wood’ of Southern New South Wales.

1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 72/2 Bedfordia salicina is sometimes referred to as cotton-wood, the allusion being to its large leaves which are woolly-white beneath.

Compounds

cottonwood dagger n. the name of a moth ( Acronycta populi), the larva of which feeds on these trees.

1870 C. V. Riley Rep. Noxious Insects 119.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cottonwood
释义	cottonwoodn. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcottonwood. 1. The name of several species of poplar ( Populus) in U.S.; so called from the cotton-like substance surrounding the seeds. Also cottonwood tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] popple1229 popple-tree1229 abele?a1300 poplar1371 black poplar1542 white poplar1542 poppling1570 cotton tree1633 tacamahac1739 Lombardy poplar1766 poplar pine1770 Po poplar1776 grey poplar1782 cottonwood1787 pine poplar1789 liard1809 white-backa1825 necklace poplar1845 silver poplar1847 weather-tree1847 hackmatack1873 bitter-weed1878 balsam-poplar1884 Russian poplar1884 Lombardy1917 1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 30 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 214 The tallest..cotton-wood trees I ever saw. 1807 P. Gass Jrnl. 83 The cotton wood leaves are as large as dollars. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) i. App. 41 Timber..generally hackberry, cottonwood, and ash. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. 258 The alluvion of the river contains a greater variety of which the principalare—Cottonwood, sycamore, overcup oak, [etc.]. 1823 J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity 140 River bottom lands..support large growths of trees, consisting of cotton wood (Populus angulata). 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie ii He buried his axe to the eye in the soft body of a cotton-wood tree. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xviii. 237 A shady clump of cottonwoods invited us to rest. 1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 391 Besides the maples and oaks some of the largest trees found in Illinois are the cotton-wood. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxv. 350 A scattered grove of cottonwoods grew about the water-hole. 2. An Australian evergreen shrub, Bedfordia salicina, of the family Compositæ, which can grow to the size of a small tree. Also called blanket-leaf. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian > evergreens Pimelea1793 epacris1805 tauhinu1848 mikimiki1858 mingi1867 mingimingi1867 cottonwood1889 wallum1889 Geraldton wax1920 epacrid- 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 386 The ‘Cotton-wood’ of Southern New South Wales. 1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 72/2 Bedfordia salicina is sometimes referred to as cotton-wood, the allusion being to its large leaves which are woolly-white beneath. Compounds cottonwood dagger n. the name of a moth ( Acronycta populi), the larva of which feeds on these trees. Π 1870 C. V. Riley Rep. Noxious Insects 119. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1787
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