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EASTERN COTTONWOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eastern cottonwood mean?
• EASTERN COTTONWOOD (noun)
The noun EASTERN COTTONWOOD has 1 sense:
1. a common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber
Familiarity information: EASTERN COTTONWOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A common poplar of eastern and central United States; cultivated in United States for its rapid growth and luxuriant foliage and in Europe for timber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eastern cottonwood; necklace poplar; Populus deltoides
Hypernyms ("Eastern 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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