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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cottonwood

/(-wo͝od`)/ · Cot·ton·wood · IPA /kˈɑtənwˌʊd/
01 n. An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the Populus monilifera and …
  1. 1.
    An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the Populus monilifera and Populus angustifolia of the Western United States.(Bot.)