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• great plains cottonwood — noun Etymology: from the Great Plains, the continental slope of central No. America : a poplar (Populus sargentii) of central No. America with coriaceous coarsely serrate leaves commonly broader than they are long …   Useful english dictionary

• Great Plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada. * * * Continental slope of central North America. It stretches from the Rio Grande at the U.S. Mexico border in the south to the Mackenzie River delta along the Arctic Ocean in… …   Universalium

• plains cottonwood — noun or plains poplar Etymology: from the Great Plains : a large poplar (Populus sargentii) chiefly of the Great Plains region of No. America having deeply furrowed gray bark and broadly oval leaves with coarse curved teeth and long points …   Useful english dictionary

• cottonwood — /kot n wood /, n. any of several American poplars, as Populus deltoides, having toothed, triangular leaves and cottonlike tufts on the seeds. [1795 1805, Amer.; COTTON + WOOD1] * * * Any of several fast growing North American trees of the genus… …   Universalium

• Great Falls (Missouri River) — Great Falls of the Missouri River Black Eagle Falls and Dam in 1988 Location Cascade County, Montana, USA Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• Cottonwood Falls, Kansas —   City   Chase County Courthouse designed by Kansas State Capitol architect John G. Haskell …   Wikipedia

• Great Basin — The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States. Its boundaries depend on how it is defined. Its most common definition is the contiguous watershed, roughly between the Wasatch Mountains, in Utah and the Sierra Nevada, that… …   Wikipedia

• Eastern Cottonwood — Taxobox name = Eastern Cottonwood image width = 240px image caption = Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Malpighiales familia = Salicaceae genus = Populus sectio = Aegiros… …   Wikipedia

• High Plains Arboretum — Seto cortavientos de Cottonwood (Populus deltoides), en el High Plains Arboretum. El High Plains Arboretum (Arboreto de la Meseta) es un arboreto que depende administrativamente del Jardín Botánico de Cheyenne‎. Contenido …   Wikipedia Español

• South Plains Council — Websi …   Wikipedia

• Badlands National Park — a national park in SW South Dakota: rock formations and animal fossils. 380 sq. mi. (985 sq. km). Formerly (1929 77), Badlands National Monument. * * * ▪ park, South Dakota, United States  rugged, eroded area of buttes, saw toothed divides, and… …   Universalium