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ˈcotton plant, cotton-plant
A plant that yields cotton; a plant of the genus Gossypium or of an allied genus.
1751Chambers Cycl. s.v. Cotton, There is another kind of cotton plant, called, by botanists, gossipium herbaceum, which creeps along the ground. 1759tr. Adamson's Voy. Senegal 151 The indigo and cotton plants displayed a most lovely verdure. 1825T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. (1843) I. 430/2 The Ancients knew two kinds of cotton plants, the Bombax and Gossypium. 1864R. L. De Coin Cotton & Tobacco 148 The tap-root, which is the main support of the cotton-plant. |