tree cotton, n.
East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
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Gossypium arboreum tree cotton
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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
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Gossypium barbadense sea island cotton tree cotton
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