sea-island cotton

Related to sea-island cotton: Long staple cotton

sea-island cotton

n 1. (Plants) a cotton plant, Gossypium barbadense, of the Sea Islands, widely cultivated for its fine long fibres 2. (Plants) the fibre of this plant or the material woven from it

sea′-is`land

(or Sea′ Is`land) cot′ton,


n. a long-fibered cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised orig. in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies. [1795–1805, Amer.]