shrub cottonn. a variety of the cotton plant intermediate between the herbaceous and the arborescent.
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lump cotton1640
cotton shrub1752
kidney-cotton1789
nankeen cotton1797
sea-island1803
shrub cotton1858
tree cotton1884
Pima1914
1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. HomansCycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 434/1 The pod of the shrub cotton differs from that of the herb in being egg-shaped.