单词 | sea-island cotton |
释义 | sea-island cottonor Sea Island cotton[ see-ahy-luhnd ] / ˈsiˌaɪ lənd / nouna long-staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies. Origin of sea-island cottonAn Americanism dating back to 1795–1805 Words nearby sea-island cottonSeahenge, sea hog, sea holly, sea hollyhock, sea horse, sea-island cotton, Sea Islands, seajack, sea kale, seakale beet, seakeeping Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sea-island cottonsea-island cotton nouna cotton plant, Gossypium barbadense, of the Sea Islands, widely cultivated for its fine long fibres the fibre of this plant or the material woven from it Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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