Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun black_cottonwood

2 senses of black cottonwood

Sense 1
swamp cottonwood, black cottonwood, downy poplar, swamp poplar, Populus heterophylla -- (North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood)
       => cottonwood -- (any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed)

Sense 2
black cottonwood, Western balsam poplar, Populus trichocarpa -- (cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath)
       => cottonwood -- (any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed)