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SHORT-STAPLE COTTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does short-staple cotton mean? 

SHORT-STAPLE COTTON (noun)
  The noun SHORT-STAPLE COTTON has 1 sense:

1. cotton with relatively short fibers

  Familiarity information: SHORT-STAPLE COTTON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHORT-STAPLE COTTON (noun)


Sense 1short-staple cotton [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Cotton with relatively short fibers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("short-staple cotton" is a kind of...):

cotton; cotton fiber; cotton wool (soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state)


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