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The cotton-plant; the genus Gossypium. Also, cotton-plants collectively, as a cultivated crop.
(a) a bush on which cotton grows; (b) any of various Australian shrubs (esp. Kochia aphylla) having a downy appearance.
A plant that yields cotton; a plant of the genus Gossypium or of an allied genus.