Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > C Synonyms of cottonwood Find synonyms for: Noun 1. cottonwood, poplar, poplar tree usage: any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed 2. white basswood, cottonwood, Tilia heterophylla, linden, linden tree, basswood, lime, lime tree usage: American basswood of the Allegheny region WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.Definition and meaning of cottonwood (Dictionary) TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Kings of Israel and Judah Current Events This Week: November 2023 Plato Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation Great Novels by Native American Authors Winter Weather Across America ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: prescient Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language