cottonwoodnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒt.ən.wʊd/us/ˈkɑː.t̬ən.wʊd/a North American tree whose seeds are covered with hairs that look like cotton
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Deciduous trees
- acacia
- acer
- alder
- almond
- baobab
- beech
- chestnut
- hazel
- hickory
- horse chestnut
- laburnum
- linden
- magnolia
- mimosa
- myrtle
- silver birch
- spotted gum
- stringybark
- sweet chestnut
- sycamore
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Examples from literature
- A ball of smoke puffed from the cottonwoods.
- A saddled horse is waiting for you now in the cottonwood grove opposite.
- Harrison lay sleeping under a cottonwood that edged the trail.
- Here stand some fine cottonwood trees and half-a-dozen lordly white-oaks.
- Willows, cottonwoods and other poplars are very easily propagated from cuttings.