# cottonwood

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #37,402

## Definitions
1. A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
2. Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus
3. A cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family.
4. A tree of species Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa; silk-cotton tree.
5. Several species of trees endemic to New Zealand.

## Etymology
From cotton + wood.

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccottonwood`, `cotonwood`, `cototnwood`, `cottnowood`, `cottonnwood`, `cottonowod`, `cottonwod`, `cottonwodo`, `cottonwoodd`, `cottonwwood`, `cottownood`, `ctotonwood`, `octtonwood`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cottonwood