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SWAMP COTTONWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does swamp cottonwood mean?
• SWAMP COTTONWOOD (noun)
The noun SWAMP COTTONWOOD has 1 sense:
1. North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood
Familiarity information: SWAMP COTTONWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("swamp 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)
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