noun

• A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.
• Populus sect. Aigeiros, a taxonomic section of the poplar genus
• A cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), a flowering shrub or tree in the mallow family.
• A tree of species Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa; silk-cotton tree.
• A surname.
• A town in Houston County, Alabama.
• A city in Yavapai County, Arizona.
• A census-designated place in Shasta County, California.
• A ghost town in Yolo County, California.
• A former census-designated place and unincorporated community in Douglas County, Colorado, mostly now incorporated into the town of Parker.
• An unincorporated community in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States.
• A city in Idaho County, Idaho.
• A city in Lyon County, Minnesota.
• A small unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.
• An unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
• A tiny town in Jackson County, South Dakota.
• An unincorporated community in Callahan County, Texas.
• A city in Kaufman County, Texas.