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• Cottonwood River (Minnesota) — For other uses, see Cottonwood River (disambiguation). Coordinates: 44°17′05″N 94°24′55″W / 44.28472°N 94.41528°W / 44.28472; 94 …   Wikipedia

• cottonwood — [[t]kɒ̱t(ə)nwʊd[/t]] cottonwoods N COUNT A cottonwood or a cottonwood tree is a kind of tree that grows in North America and has seeds that are covered with hairs that look like cotton …   English dictionary

• Cottonwood High School (Murray, Utah) — Cottonwood High School Location 5715 South 1300 East Murray, Utah 84121 Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• Cottonwood — may refer to: Contents 1 Plants 2 Places 3 People 4 See also Plants Hibiscus tiliaceus, a flowering shrub o …   Wikipedia

• Cottonwood (disambiguation) — Cottonwood is a type of poplar tree.There are also several places in the United States named Cottonwood:*Cottonwood, Alabama *Cottonwood, Arizona *Cottonwood, California *Cottonwood, Colorado *Cottonwood, Idaho *Cottonwood, Minnesota *Cottonwood …   Wikipedia

• Cottonwood, Colorado —   Unincorporated community   …   Wikipedia

• 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 {Populus monilifera} and {Populus angustifolia} of the Western United States. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cottonwood — ☆ cottonwood [kät′ nwood΄ ] n. 1. any of several poplars that have seeds thickly covered with cottony or silky hairs, esp. a rapidly growing lowland tree (Populus deltoides) of E and central U.S. 2. the wood of any of these trees …   English World dictionary

• tree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plant, sapling, scrub, shrub, bush; timber; whiffletree; stake; gibbet, gallows; family tree, pedigree, lineage. See vegetable, ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. Common types of trees include: ash, elm,… …   English dictionary for students

• cottonwood — /kot n wood /, n. any of several American poplars, as Populus deltoides, having toothed, triangular leaves and cottonlike tufts on the seeds. [1795 1805, Amer.; COTTON + WOOD1] * * * Any of several fast growing North American trees of the genus… …   Universalium