COTTONWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cottonwood mean? 

• COTTONWOOD (noun)
  The noun COTTONWOOD has 2 senses:

1. any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed

2. American basswood of the Allegheny region

  Familiarity information: COTTONWOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COTTONWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cottonwood" is a kind of...):

poplar; poplar tree (any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cottonwood"):

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)

black cottonwood; Populus trichocarpa; Western balsam poplar (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

American basswood of the Allegheny region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cottonwood; Tilia heterophylla; white basswood

Hypernyms ("cottonwood" is a kind of...):

basswood; lime; lime tree; linden; linden tree (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)