Found 2 items, similar to cottonwood.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: cottonwood cottonwood n 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cottonwood 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]