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See also: Cottonwood
cottonwood (plural cottonwoods)
- A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
- Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus
- Hibiscus tiliaceus, a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family
tree from Populus with fluffy catkins