Cottonwood - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Cottonwood :  (noun)
1: any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
2: American basswood of the Allegheny region [syn: white basswood, Tilia heterophylla]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Cottonwood : \Cot"ton*wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.) An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Cottonwood, AL (town, FIPS 17824) Location: 31.05558 N, 85.30137 W Population (1990): 1385 (566 housing units) Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36320 Cottonwood, AZ (city, FIPS 16410) Location: 34.73452 N, 112.02441 W Population (1990): 5918 (2768 housing units) Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 86326 Cottonwood, CA (CDP, FIPS 16630) Location: 40.39032 N, 122.27998 W Population (1990): 1747 (703 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96022 Cottonwood, ID (city, FIPS 18640) Location: 46.05048 N, 116.34787 W Population (1990): 822 (353 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83522 Cottonwood, MN (city, FIPS 13564) Location: 44.60990 N, 95.67083 W Population (1990): 982 (416 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56229 Cottonwood, SD (town, FIPS 14220) Location: 43.96552 N, 101.90183 W Population (1990): 12 (6 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57775 Cottonwood, TX (city, FIPS 17200) Location: 32.45690 N, 96.39148 W Population (1990): 156 (64 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Cottonwood, UT Zip code(s): 84121

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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