| 单词 | cottonwood tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmascottonwood tree 1. The name of several species of poplar ( Populus) in U.S.; so called from the cotton-like substance surrounding the seeds. Also cottonwood tree. 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 1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 30 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 214 The tallest..cotton-wood trees I ever saw. 1807 P. Gass Jrnl. 83 The cotton wood leaves are as large as dollars. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) i. App. 41 Timber..generally hackberry, cottonwood, and ash. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. 258 The alluvion of the river contains a greater variety of which the principalare—Cottonwood, sycamore, overcup oak, [etc.]. 1823 J. D. Hunter Mem. Captivity 140 River bottom lands..support large growths of trees, consisting of cotton wood (Populus angulata). 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie ii He buried his axe to the eye in the soft body of a cotton-wood tree. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xviii. 237 A shady clump of cottonwoods invited us to rest. 1875 Amer. Naturalist 9 391 Besides the maples and oaks some of the largest trees found in Illinois are the cotton-wood. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxv. 350 A scattered grove of cottonwoods grew about the water-hole. < as lemmas |
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