Definition of gossypium Gossypium
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What does gossypium mean?
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| gossypium - herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton | ||
| genus Gossypium | ||
| dilleniid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs | ||
| family malvaceae, mallow family, malvaceae herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gossypium (n.)
A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gossypium
go-sip′i-um, n. a malvaceous genus of herbs and shrubs, native to the tropics, yielding the cotton of commerce. [L. gossypion.]
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🔤- gossypium, noun, singular of gossypiums / gossypia.
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