cotton treen.

Forms: Also cotton-tree.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcotton-tree.

1. A name for various species of Bombax and Eriodendron.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > silk-cotton trees

gossipine1589

gossampine1601

cotton tree1670

god tree1681

silk-cotton tree1712

kapok1735

semul1809

ceiba1810

wool-tree1831

bombax1834

munguba1863

cabbage wood1885

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Cotton tree, gossampinus.]

1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1152 The Tree, call'd the Cotton-tree, bearing a kind of Down which also is not fit to spin.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 164 The white Cotton-tree grows like an Oak... They bear a very fine sort of Cotton, called Silk Cotton.

a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 213 The first cotton trees which I saw were withered with age.

1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 91/2 The Cotton-plant, or Gossypium, must not be confounded with the Cotton-tree, Bombax, or Eriodendron.

2. A name for Viburnum Lantana and Populus nigra; in U.S. applied to Platanus occidentalis, also = cottonwood n. 1.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun]

popple1229

popple-tree1229

abele?a1300

poplar1371

black poplar1542

white poplar1542

poppling1570

cotton tree1633

tacamahac1739

Lombardy poplar1766

poplar pine1770

Po poplar1776

grey poplar1782

cottonwood1787

pine poplar1789

liard1809

white-backa1825

necklace poplar1845

silver poplar1847

weather-tree1847

hackmatack1873

bitter-weed1878

balsam-poplar1884

Russian poplar1884

Lombardy1917

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun]

bendwithc1440

opier1548

opulus1548

ople1551

dwarf plane tree1578

water elder1578

whitten1578

guelder rose1597

rose elder1597

wayfaring man's tree1597

wayfaring tree1597

opiet1601

cotton tree1633

viorne1637

mealy tree1640

laurustinus1664

stinking tree1681

black haw1688

laurel-thyme1693

laurustine1693

viburnum1731

wayfaring shrub1731

May rose1753

pembina1760

snowball tree1760

mealtree1785

stink-tree1795

cherry-wood1821

snowball1828

sloe1846

withe-rod1846

lithy-tree1866

nannyberry1867

king's crown1879

stag bush1884

snowball bush1931

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) iii. 1490 I enquired of a countrey man in Essex, if he knew any name of this [sc. Viburnum Lantana]: he answered, it was called the Cotton tree, by reason of the softnesse of the leaues.

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi iii. App. 5 The cotton tree is the only tree of this province except some scrubby pines and cedars.

1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum (Britten & Holland) The female of Populus nigra is called the Cotton-tree at Bury St. Edmunds, the seeds being enveloped in a beautiful white cotton.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 132 (Mealy Guelder-Rose, or Wayfaring Tree)..One of its common names is Cotton Tree, doubtless from the cottony appearance of its young shoots.

1865 Chambers's Encycl. at Plane The North-American plane, or button~wood, is sometimes called the cotton-tree.

3. Either of two Australian trees, Hibiscus tiliaceus or Cochlospermum heteronemum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > hibiscus or mallow trees or shrubs and allies > [noun]

mallowa1400

mallowa1425

shrubbed mallow1597

shrubby mallow1597

shrub mallow1640

mahoe1666

purau1769

Malabar rose1818

rose of Sharon1835

shuttlecock1836

hau1843

cotton tree1876

1876 J. G. Knight in W. Harcus South Australia 178 One or two cotton trees in the grounds of the Government Resident have yielded excellent-looking staple.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 624 ‘Cotton Tree’. ‘Talwalpin’ of the aboriginals.

1950 J. W. Audas Native Trees Austral. (ed. 2) 174 Cochlospermum heteronemum... Its usual name of Cotton Tree is derived from the silky fibre that surrounds the seeds.

1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 72/2 The name cotton-tree for Hibiscus tiliaceus derives from the useful bark fibre.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cotton tree
释义	cotton treen. Forms: Also cotton-tree. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcotton-tree. 1. A name for various species of Bombax and Eriodendron. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > silk-cotton trees gossipine1589 gossampine1601 cotton tree1670 god tree1681 silk-cotton tree1712 kapok1735 semul1809 ceiba1810 wool-tree1831 bombax1834 munguba1863 cabbage wood1885 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Cotton tree, gossampinus.] 1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1152 The Tree, call'd the Cotton-tree, bearing a kind of Down which also is not fit to spin. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 164 The white Cotton-tree grows like an Oak... They bear a very fine sort of Cotton, called Silk Cotton. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 213 The first cotton trees which I saw were withered with age. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 91/2 The Cotton-plant, or Gossypium, must not be confounded with the Cotton-tree, Bombax, or Eriodendron. 2. A name for Viburnum Lantana and Populus nigra; in U.S. applied to Platanus occidentalis, also = cottonwood n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > poplars and allies > [noun] popple1229 popple-tree1229 abele?a1300 poplar1371 black poplar1542 white poplar1542 poppling1570 cotton tree1633 tacamahac1739 Lombardy poplar1766 poplar pine1770 Po poplar1776 grey poplar1782 cottonwood1787 pine poplar1789 liard1809 white-backa1825 necklace poplar1845 silver poplar1847 weather-tree1847 hackmatack1873 bitter-weed1878 balsam-poplar1884 Russian poplar1884 Lombardy1917 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun] bendwithc1440 opier1548 opulus1548 ople1551 dwarf plane tree1578 water elder1578 whitten1578 guelder rose1597 rose elder1597 wayfaring man's tree1597 wayfaring tree1597 opiet1601 cotton tree1633 viorne1637 mealy tree1640 laurustinus1664 stinking tree1681 black haw1688 laurel-thyme1693 laurustine1693 viburnum1731 wayfaring shrub1731 May rose1753 pembina1760 snowball tree1760 mealtree1785 stink-tree1795 cherry-wood1821 snowball1828 sloe1846 withe-rod1846 lithy-tree1866 nannyberry1867 king's crown1879 stag bush1884 snowball bush1931 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) iii. 1490 I enquired of a countrey man in Essex, if he knew any name of this [sc. Viburnum Lantana]: he answered, it was called the Cotton tree, by reason of the softnesse of the leaues. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi iii. App. 5 The cotton tree is the only tree of this province except some scrubby pines and cedars. 1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum (Britten & Holland) The female of Populus nigra is called the Cotton-tree at Bury St. Edmunds, the seeds being enveloped in a beautiful white cotton. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 132 (Mealy Guelder-Rose, or Wayfaring Tree)..One of its common names is Cotton Tree, doubtless from the cottony appearance of its young shoots. 1865 Chambers's Encycl. at Plane The North-American plane, or button~wood, is sometimes called the cotton-tree. 3. Either of two Australian trees, Hibiscus tiliaceus or Cochlospermum heteronemum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > hibiscus or mallow trees or shrubs and allies > [noun] mallowa1400 mallowa1425 shrubbed mallow1597 shrubby mallow1597 shrub mallow1640 mahoe1666 purau1769 Malabar rose1818 rose of Sharon1835 shuttlecock1836 hau1843 cotton tree1876 1876 J. G. Knight in W. Harcus South Australia 178 One or two cotton trees in the grounds of the Government Resident have yielded excellent-looking staple. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 624 ‘Cotton Tree’. ‘Talwalpin’ of the aboriginals. 1950 J. W. Audas Native Trees Austral. (ed. 2) 174 Cochlospermum heteronemum... Its usual name of Cotton Tree is derived from the silky fibre that surrounds the seeds. 1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 72/2 The name cotton-tree for Hibiscus tiliaceus derives from the useful bark fibre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1633
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