"cottonwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cottonwoods [plural]
Etymology: From cotton + wood. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cotton|wood}} cotton + wood Head templates: {{en-noun}} cottonwood (plural cottonwoods)
  1. A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins. Categories (lifeform): Willows and poplars Translations (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins): ᎠᏓ ᎬᏂᎯᏛ (ada gvnihidv) (Cherokee), xamaehoohtsêstse (Cheyenne), t'ooh (Dogrib), poppeli (Finnish), Pappel [feminine] (German), t'oo (Gwich'in), pobbyl [masculine] (Manx), tauhinu (Maori), tʼiis (Navajo), múlx (Okanagan), тополь (topolʹ) [masculine] (Russian), álamo [masculine] (Spanish), túłoną (Taos), kavak (Turkish), bitʼiis (Western Apache)
    Sense id: en-cottonwood-en-noun-xTb1Hnoc Disambiguation of Willows and poplars: 30 13 28 28 Disambiguation of 'tree from Populus with fluffy catkins': 44 21 21 14
  2. Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus Categories (lifeform): Willows and poplars
    Sense id: en-cottonwood-en-noun-zElVc0PW Disambiguation of Willows and poplars: 30 13 28 28
  3. A cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family. Categories (lifeform): Mallow subfamily plants, Polynesian canoe plants, Willows and poplars Translations (Hibiscus tiliaceus): hau (Hawaiian), baru (Malay)
    Sense id: en-cottonwood-en-noun-OgQBxEOB Disambiguation of Mallow subfamily plants: 25 11 38 26 Disambiguation of Polynesian canoe plants: 22 11 43 25 Disambiguation of Willows and poplars: 30 13 28 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Cheyenne translations, Terms with Dogrib translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gwich'in translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Okanagan translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Taos translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Western Apache translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 12 51 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 7 72 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 15 47 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 13 50 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 17 11 56 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Cheyenne translations: 18 11 55 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Dogrib translations: 16 11 56 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 10 58 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 10 61 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Gwich'in translations: 16 11 56 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hawaiian translations: 17 10 52 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 18 11 55 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 18 11 55 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 18 11 55 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 16 11 56 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Okanagan translations: 21 15 51 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 9 62 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 10 60 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Taos translations: 16 11 56 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 18 11 56 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Western Apache translations: 20 15 45 21 Disambiguation of 'Hibiscus tiliaceus': 16 10 56 17
  4. A tree of species Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa; silk-cotton tree. Categories (lifeform): Willows and poplars
    Sense id: en-cottonwood-en-noun-ziKNN2oU Disambiguation of Willows and poplars: 30 13 28 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: balsam cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus balsamifera), black cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus trichocarpa), coastal cottonwood, coast cottonwood (taxonomic: Talipariti tiliaceum), cottonwood borer (alt: Plectrodera scalator), cottonwood hibiscus (taxonomic: Talipariti tiliaceum), cottonwood leaf beetle (taxonomic: Chrysomela scripta), cottonwood leaf-mining beetle (taxonomic: Zeugophora scutellaris), eastern cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus deltoides), Fremont cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus fremontii), Great Plains cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus sargentii), green cottonwood (taxonomic: Talipariti tiliaceum), lanceleaf cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus × acuminata), mountain cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus angustifolia), narrowleaf cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus angustifolia), northern cottonwood (taxonomic: Bombax ceiba), plains cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus sargentii), river cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus heterophylla), swamp cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus heterophylla), willow cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus angustifolia), Wislizenus's cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus wislizenii), yellow cottonwood (taxonomic: Populus deltoides)

Inflected forms

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      "taxonomic": "Populus angustifolia",
      "word": "narrowleaf cottonwood"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Bombax ceiba",
      "word": "northern cottonwood"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Populus sargentii",
      "word": "plains cottonwood"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Populus heterophylla",
      "word": "river cottonwood"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Populus heterophylla",
      "word": "swamp cottonwood"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Populus angustifolia",
      "word": "willow cottonwood"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Populus wislizenii",
      "word": "Wislizenus's cottonwood"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Populus deltoides",
      "word": "yellow cottonwood"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cotton",
        "3": "wood"
      },
      "expansion": "cotton + wood",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cotton + wood.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cottonwoods",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cottonwood (plural cottonwoods)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y., London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Populus",
          "Populus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "poplar",
          "poplar"
        ],
        [
          "watercourse",
          "watercourse"
        ],
        [
          "catkin",
          "catkin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (section)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cottonwood hibiscus",
          "cottonwood hibiscus"
        ],
        [
          "Talipariti tiliaceum",
          "Talipariti tiliaceum#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Hibiscus tiliaceus",
          "Hibiscus tiliaceus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "mallow",
          "mallow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tree of species Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa; silk-cotton tree."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ceiba pentandra",
          "Ceiba pentandra#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "silk-cotton tree",
          "silk-cotton tree"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "bitʼiis"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "ada gvnihidv",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "ᎠᏓ ᎬᏂᎯᏛ"
    },
    {
      "code": "chy",
      "lang": "Cheyenne",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "xamaehoohtsêstse"
    },
    {
      "code": "dgr",
      "lang": "Dogrib",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "t'ooh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "poppeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pappel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gwi",
      "lang": "Gwich'in",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "t'oo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pobbyl"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "tauhinu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "tʼiis"
    },
    {
      "code": "oka",
      "lang": "Okanagan",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "múlx"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "topolʹ",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тополь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "álamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "túłoną"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tree from Populus with fluffy catkins",
      "word": "kavak"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "Hibiscus tiliaceus",
      "word": "hau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Hibiscus tiliaceus",
      "word": "baru"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cottonwood"
}

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