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cottonwoods

noun

Meaning

  1. A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
  2. Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus
  3. Cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family

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  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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