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.
- synonyms: sea island cotton, Gossypium barbadense
- East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms.
- synonyms: Gossypium arboreum
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