English noun: cottonwood |
1. | cottonwood (plant) any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed |
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| Broader (hypernym) | poplar, poplar tree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | black cottonwood, black cottonwood, downy poplar, Eastern cottonwood, necklace poplar, Populus deltoides, Populus heterophylla, Populus trichocarpa, swamp cottonwood, swamp poplar, Western balsam poplar |
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2. | cottonwood (plant) American basswood of the Allegheny region |
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| Synonyms | Tilia heterophylla, white basswood |
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| Broader (hypernym) | basswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree |
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