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Noun: black cottonwood
  1. North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood
    - swamp cottonwood, downy poplar, swamp poplar, Populus heterophylla
     
  2. Cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath
    - Western balsam poplar, Populus trichocarpa

Derived forms: black cottonwoods

Type of: cottonwood

Encyclopedia: Black cottonwood