black cottonwood

noun

1. North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood

• Syn: ↑swamp cottonwood, ↑downy poplar, ↑swamp poplar, ↑Populus heterophylla

• Hypernyms: ↑cottonwood

2. cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath

• Syn: ↑Western balsam poplar, ↑Populus trichocarpa

• Hypernyms: ↑cottonwood

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noun

1. : a tree (Populus trichocarpa) of the Pacific coast of No. America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath

2. : swamp cottonwood

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black cottonwood,

1. a cottonwood of the northwestern United States.

2. a tree of the willow family found in swampy ground in the southern and eastern United States.