Gossypium


Definition: Meaning of, Gossypium in English to English dictionary.

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  1. herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton
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Gossypium used in phrases

  • Gossypium arboreum (noun)
    1. east Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
  • Gossypium barbadense (noun)
    1. small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers
  • Gossypium herbaceum (noun)
    1. old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons
  • Gossypium hirsutum (noun)
    1. native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton
  • Gossypium peruvianum (noun)
    1. cotton with long rough hairy fibers
  • Gossypium thurberi (noun)
    1. shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico
  • genus Gossypium (noun)
    1. herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton
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