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

2 senses of cottonwood

Sense 1
cottonwood -- (any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed)
       => poplar, poplar tree -- (any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins)

Sense 2
white basswood, cottonwood, Tilia heterophylla -- (American basswood of the Allegheny region)
       => linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree -- (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber)