cotton-plant
101Plant fiber — Natural fiber made from fruit or vegetable plants. Vegetable fibers include cotton, linen, flax, jute, ramie, sisal, and hemp. An example of a fruit fiber is coconut, which is not only durable but has inherent wicking properties. Stalks of… …
102cotton lavender — noun a small aromatic shrubby plant of the daisy family, with silvery or greenish foliage and yellow button flowers. [Genus Santolina: several species.] …
103cotton rose — noun 1. Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States • Syn: ↑Confederate rose, ↑Confederate rose mallow, ↑Hibiscus mutabilis • Hypernyms:… …
104plant disease — noun a disease that affects plants • Hypernyms: ↑disease • Hyponyms: ↑blight, ↑leaf disease, ↑rust, ↑blackheart, ↑black knot, ↑black rot, ↑b …
105tree cotton — noun 1. East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms • Syn: ↑Gossypium arboreum • Hypernyms: ↑cotton, ↑cotton plant 2. small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic… …
106Peruvian cotton — noun cotton with long rough hairy fibers • Syn: ↑Gossypium peruvianum • Hypernyms: ↑cotton, ↑cotton plant * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized P : a cotton with long rough hairy fibers that is derived from a Peruvian plant ( …
107Egyptian cotton — noun fine somewhat brownish long staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton • Hypernyms: ↑cotton, ↑cotton plant * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized E : a fine long staple …
108upland cotton — noun native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short staple cotton • Syn: ↑Gossypium hirsutum • Hypernyms: ↑cotton, ↑cotton plant …
109sea 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 …
110wild cotton — noun shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico • Syn: ↑Arizona wild cotton, ↑Gossypium thurberi • Hypernyms: ↑cotton, ↑cotton plant * * * noun 1. : cotton grass …
