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Levant cotton

DEFINITIONS OF: Levant cotton

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n Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons

Synonyms:
Gossypium herbaceum
Type of:
cotton, cotton plant
erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
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