cottonwood

See also: Cottonwood

English

the seeds of a cottonwood (Populus deltoides)

Narrowleaf cottonwoods, Populus angustifolia

Etymology

cotton +‎ wood

Noun

cottonwood (plural cottonwoods)

A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
- 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219:
  
  […] and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus
cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family

Translations

tree from Populus with fluffy catkins

Apache:
Western Apache: bitʼiis
Cheyenne: xamaehoohtsêstse
German: Pappel (de) f
Manx: pobbyl m
Maori: tauhinu

Navajo: tʼiis
Spanish: álamo (es) m
Taos: túłoną

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Hawaiian: hau

Malay: baru (ms)

References

cottonwood on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Populus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Populus sect. Aigeiros on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Talipariti tiliaceum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
cottonwood at USDA Plants database

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