BLACK COTTONWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black cottonwood mean? 

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

1. North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood

2. cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath

  Familiarity information: BLACK COTTONWOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK COTTONWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black cottonwood; downy poplar; Populus heterophylla; swamp cottonwood; swamp poplar

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

cottonwood (any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black cottonwood; Populus trichocarpa; Western balsam poplar

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

cottonwood (any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed)