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tree cotton

DEFINITIONS OF: tree cotton

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n 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

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

n East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms

Synonyms:
Gossypium arboreum
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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