cottonwood

n. type of tree

The cottonwoods are three species of poplars in the section Aegiros of the genus Populus, native to North America, Europe and western Asia.The name is also commonly used for any species of poplar in the United States, including some poplars not in the section Aegiros, notably the Swamp cottonwood Populus heterophylla (in the section Leucoides) and the Black and Narrowleaf Cottonwoods P. trichocarpa and P. angustifolia (balsam poplars in the section Tacamahaca).
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Noun
1. any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed
(hypernym) poplar, poplar tree
(hyponym) Eastern cottonwood, necklace poplar, Populus deltoides
2. American basswood of the Allegheny region
(synonym) white basswood, Tilia heterophylla
(hypernym) linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree

(n.)
An American tree of the genus Populus or poplar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.
  

LEGNO DI PIOPPO NERO AMERICANO