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the name of several species of poplars, from the cotton-like substance in which the seeds are protected against the cold.

 
  1. LIFE.STORY_ OWENSBORO.KY SUNDAY_ 53-1108A E-34
   

We had several gallons to pack. They was going to run whiskey that night. And on the road up, I heard It again. I turned around, and about half-way up a big old cottonwood tree, silver poplar it's called, It was, looked like a whirlwind. We call them little cyclones. They're whirlwinds in Kentucky, I think is the best name. It's whirling around in the bush.

 

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