Sea-island Cotton (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a long-staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies.
noun
  1. a cotton plant, Gossypium barbadense, of the Sea Islands, widely cultivated for its fine long fibres
  2. the fibre of this plant or the material woven from it
Sea-island Cotton (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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