Fremont cottonwood

noun

Fre·​mont cottonwood

ˈfrēˌmänt-

: a poplar (Populus fremontii) of the southwestern U.S. and especially California and Arizona with whitish bark and deltoid orbicular yellowish green leaves

Word History

Etymology

after John Frémont †1890 American explorer

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