cottonwood
/kˈɑtənwˌʊd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.79 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
noun
A cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family.
noun
A tree of species Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa; silk-cotton tree.
noun
Several species of trees endemic to New Zealand.
name
A surname.
name
A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
Example Sentences
- "Between these canyons the river has a low but rather narrow flood plain, with cottonwood groves scattered here and there, and a chaparral of mesquite bearing beans and thorns."
- "[…] 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."
- "The leaves of a small bush echoed the yellow cottonwoods that are so characteristic of the Rio Grande Valley in late fall."
- "There is no break in the trees. That is the wonder and the mystery of it. There where you see light-green rushes instead of dark-green undergrowth, there between the great cotton woods, that is my private gate into the unknown."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Phrases
balsam cottonwood
black cottonwood
coastal cottonwood
coast cottonwood
cottonwood borer
cottonwood hibiscus
cottonwood leaf beetle
cottonwood leaf-mining beetle