| NOUN | plant | tree cotton, sea island cotton, Gossypium barbadense | small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States |
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| plant | tree cotton, Gossypium arboreum | East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms |
| 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, Gossypium barbadense | |
| Broader | cotton, cotton plant | Erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers |
| Meaning | East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms. | |
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| Synonym | Gossypium arboreum | |
| Broader | cotton, cotton plant | Erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers |
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