cottonwood
Cot·ton·wood
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A river, about 225 km (140 mi) long, of southwest Minnesota flowing generally eastward to the Minnesota River.
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cot·ton·wood
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n.
Any of several North American poplar trees, especially Populus deltoides, which has triangular leaves and a tuft of cottony hairs on the seeds.
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