TREE COTTON
Dictionary entry overview: What does tree cotton mean? • TREE COTTON (noun)
The noun TREE COTTON has 2 senses:
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
2. East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
Familiarity information: TREE COTTON used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TREE COTTON (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Gossypium barbadense; sea island cotton; tree cotton
Hypernyms ("tree cotton" is a kind of...):
cotton; cotton plant (erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers)
Meaning:
East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Gossypium arboreum; tree cotton
Hypernyms ("tree cotton" is a kind of...):
cotton; cotton plant (erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers)
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