sea-island cotton

  • 1Sea Island cotton — Le coton de Sea Island est une variété de coton dont la qualité était prisée. Il s agit du Gossypium barbadense. Il a joué un rôle majeur dans l histoire de la culture du coton aux États Unis. Sommaire 1 Caractéristiques 2 Une origine orientale… …

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  • 2sea-island cotton — ☆ sea island cotton [sē′ī΄lənd ] n. a fine kind of long fibered cotton (Gossypium barbadense) grown orig. in the Sea Islands …

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  • 3Sea Island cotton — barbadosinis vilnamedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dedešvinių šeimos pluoštinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Gossypium barbadense), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Gossypium barbadense angl. American Pima cotton; American… …

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  • 4sea-island cotton — /see uy leuhnd/ a long staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies. Also, Sea Island cotton. [1795 1805, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 5sea-island cotton — /see uy leuhnd/ a long staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies. Also, Sea Island cotton. [1795 1805, Amer.] …

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  • 6sea island cotton — noun Usage: often capitalized S&I Etymology: Sea Islands, chain of islands off the southeastern United States coast Date: 1805 a cotton (Gossypium barbadense) with especially long silky fiber called also sea island …

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  • 7sea-island cotton — sea′ is land (or Sea′ Is land) cot′ton n. pln a long fibered cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised orig. in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies • Etymology: 1795–1805, amer …

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  • 8sea island cotton — noun 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 • Syn: ↑tree cotton, ↑Gossypium barbadense • Hypernyms: ↑cotton, ↑cotton plant …

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  • 9sea-island cotton — noun a fine quality long stapled cotton grown on islands off the southern US …

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  • 10Sea Island cotton —   Ki ailana …

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