Noun: cottonwood 'kó-t(u)n,wûd
- Any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
"Cottonwood seeds floated through the air like snow in early summer"
- American basswood of the Allegheny region
"cottonwood trees lined the mountain slopes";
- white basswood, Tilia heterophylla
Derived forms: cottonwoods
Type of: basswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree, poplar, poplar tree
Encyclopedia: Cottonwood, Minnesota