NOUN | plant | Gossypium barbadense, sea island cotton, tree cotton | small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States |
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Meaning | small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers. | |
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Synonyms | sea island cotton, tree cotton | |
Broader | cotton, cotton plant | Erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers |
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