cottonwood
1. [ noun ] (botany) any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
Related terms: poplar swamp_cottonwood black_cottonwood Eastern_cottonwood
2. [ noun ] (botany) American basswood of the Allegheny region
Synonyms: Tilia_heterophylla white_basswood
Related terms: linden
Similar spelling:   cottonweed
  cottontail