HyperDic: egyptian_cotton

English > 1 sense of the expression Egyptian cotton:
NOUNplantEgyptian cottonfine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt
English > Egyptian cotton: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton.
Broadercotton, cotton plantErect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers

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