cotton plantn.
A plant that yields cotton; a plant of the genus Gossypium or of an allied genus.
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1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Cotton There is another kind of cotton plant, called, by botanists, gossipium herbaceum, which creeps along the ground.
1759 tr. M. Adanson Voy. Senegal 151 The indigo and cotton plants displayed a most lovely verdure.
1825 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. I. x. 375 The Ancients knew two kinds of cotton plants, the Bombax and Gossypium.
1864 R. L. De Coin Hist. & Cult. Cotton & Tobacco 148 The tap-root, which is the main support of the cotton-plant.
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