Between these canyons the river has a low but rather narrow flood plain, with cottonwood groves scattered here and there, and a chaparral of mesquite bearing beans and thorns.
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Cottonwood
Synonyms for "cottonwood" (4 found)
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26 entriesCottonwood CountyCottonwood FallsCottonwood HeightsCottonwood WashFremont cottonwoodGreat Plains cottonwoodWislizenus's cottonwoodbalsam cottonwoodblack cottonwoodcoast cottonwoodcoastal cottonwoodcottonwood borercottonwood hibiscuscottonwood leaf beetlecottonwood leaf-mining beetleeastern cottonwood
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26 translations across 21 languages.
Ahtna
1 entries- tʼaghes noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏓ ᎬᏂᎯᏛ noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Cheyenne
1 entries- xamaehoohtsêstse noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Dogrib
1 entries- t'ooh noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Finnish
1 entries- poppeli noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
German
1 entries- Pappel noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Gwich'in
1 entries- t'oo noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hau noun (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Lower Tanana
1 entries- t'egheth noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Malay
1 entries- baru noun (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Manx
1 entries- pobbyl noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Māori
4 entries- taihinu noun (Tree species endemic to New Zealand)
- tauhinu noun (Tree species endemic to New Zealand)
- tauhinu korokio noun (Tree species endemic to New Zealand)
- tauhinu koromiko noun (Tree species endemic to New Zealand)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼiis noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Okanagan
1 entries- múlx noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Polish
3 entries- ketmia lipowata noun (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
- topola noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
- topola noun (Tree species endemic to New Zealand)
Russian
1 entries- тополь noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Spanish
1 entries- álamo noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Taos
1 entries- túłoną noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Turkish
1 entries- kavak noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Unami
1 entries- këkchëkwipahkihëlas noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Western Apache
1 entries- bitʼiis noun (tree from Populus with fluffy catkins)
Sample sentences
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[…] and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
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The leaves of a small bush echoed the yellow cottonwoods that are so characteristic of the Rio Grande Valley in late fall.
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There is no break in the trees. That is the wonder and the mystery of it. There where you see light-green rushes instead of dark-green undergrowth, there between the great cotton woods, that is my private gate into the unknown.
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