cottonwood

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The circles and zig-zags have brought both pursued and pursuer nigh back to the starting point Since the cottonwood is there, he cannot be so far from the other place, he has such reason to remember; and, again running his eye around, he looks for it He sees it not, as there is nothing now to be seen, except some scattered mould undistinguishable at a distance.

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  1. noun Any of several North American poplar trees, especially Populus deltoides, which has triangular leaves and a tuft of cottony hairs on the seeds.

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  • The alder and birch and cottonwood were a continuous, rippling golden mass, the sky a bright, deep blue, and the peaks of the Chugach Mountains wore only the faintest layer of termination dust, winter as promise instead of threat. —  Stabenow, Dana - [Liam Campbell 01] - Fire and Ice
  • "Obviously the cottonwood areas could be affected," said Steve Jones, watershed protection program attorney for the Wyoming Outdoors Council in Lander. —  Forbes.com: News
  • But instead of placing his characters in smoky bars filled with lonely regulars and love-torn sad-sacks, Westerberg now sings about meeting his beloved in a meadow, "where the cottonwood is rustling in the trees," or focuses on defending the unalienable "Right to Arm Bears." —  Riverfront Times | Complete Issue
  • The picture within the cavity in the great cottonwood was a pleasant one to contemplate. —  The Black Phantom
  • For it is a "cottonwood"--a species not found elsewhere upon the same plain; its seed no doubt transported thither by some straying bird. —  The Death Shot A Story Retold
 

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