cot·ton·wood

(kŏt′n-wo͝od′)

Any of several North American poplar trees, especially Populus deltoides, which has triangular leaves and a tuft of cottony hairs on the seeds.

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cottonwood

(ˈkɒtənˌwʊd)

1. (Plants) any of several North American poplars, esp Populus deltoides, whose seeds are covered with cottony hairs

2. (Plants) Also called: tauhinu a native New Zealand shrub, Cassinia leptophylla, with daisy-like flowers

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cot•ton•wood

(ˈkɒt nˌwʊd)

n.

any of several American poplars, as Populus deltoides, with cottony tufts on the seeds.

[1795–1805]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	cottonwood - any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed poplar tree, poplar - any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins Eastern cottonwood, necklace poplar, Populus deltoides - a common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber Populus trichocarpa, Western balsam poplar, black cottonwood - cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath black cottonwood, downy poplar, Populus heterophylla, swamp cottonwood, swamp poplar - North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood
	2.	cottonwood - American basswood of the Allegheny region Tilia heterophylla, white basswood linden tree, basswood, lime tree, linden, lime - any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber

Translations

Pappel

λεύκα

chopo

cottonwood

[ˈkɒtnwʊd] N (US) → álamo m de Virginia

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cottonwood

[ˈkɒt^ənwʊd] n (= tree) → peuplier m de Virginiecotton wool n (British) → ouate f, coton m hydrophile

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She pointed into the gold cottonwood tree behind whose top we stood and said again, `What name?'

Soon we could see the broken, grassy clay cliffs which indicated the windings of the stream, and the glittering tops of the cottonwoods and ash trees that grew down in the ravine.

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When the first streak of day began to show we tied up to a towhead in a big bend on the Illinois side, and hacked off cottonwood branches with the hatchet, and covered up the raft with them so she looked like there had been a cave-in in the bank there.

When it was beginning to come on dark we poked our heads out of the cottonwood thicket, and looked up and down and across; nothing in sight; so Jim took up some of the top planks of the raft and built a snug wigwam to get under in blazing weather and rainy, and to keep the things dry.

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The rivers, in general, were skirted with willows and bitter cottonwood trees, and the prairies covered with wormwood.

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The next day brought them to the banks of a beautiful little stream, running to the west, and fringed with groves of cottonwood and willow.

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Ishmael, however, directed his footsteps to a point where an ascent might be made through a narrow cleft, which he had taken the precaution to fortify with a breast-work of cottonwood logs, and which, in its turn, was defended by a chevaux-de-frise of the branches of the same tree.

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But, passing along a narrow path through a clump of cottonwoods, some object brushed against my legs and I stumbled and nearly fell.

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The Mojave Forks Dam was built in 1967, cutting off the Mojave River's seasonal floods that native trees need to propagate, like Fremont cottonwood and black willow.

Restoring an Oasis in California's Mojave Desert

Cottonwood Creek Behavioral Hospital in Meridian has amplified its services and its business model to include a new Intensive Outpatient Program, a flexible way of providing care so adults can continue with their regular family and work commitments, said a hospital official.

Meridian psychiatric hospital adds new service

One of the main sources is Cottonwood, an agrotech company set up by Nasser Ahmad of Proscape, which cultivates these trees in 90 hectares of land in Bengaluru and Cumbum of South India.

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