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black cottonwood

DEFINITIONS OF: black cottonwood

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n North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood

Synonyms:
Populus heterophylla, downy poplar, swamp cottonwood, swamp poplar
Type of:
cottonwood
any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed

n cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath

Synonyms:
Populus trichocarpa, Western balsam poplar
Type of:
cottonwood
any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
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