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
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tree cotton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gossypium barbadense, sea island cotton |
| Type of | cotton, cotton plant |
tree cotton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gossypium arboreum |
| Type of | cotton, cotton plant |
Examples of tree cotton
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Clarkson told the men to clear the land until they reached a large cotton tree.
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Serrekunda is known for its market, its silk cotton tree and its wrestling arena.
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It grows as a small, bushy tree and yields cotton with unusually long, silky fibers.
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The filling is kapok, a soft fiber that comes from a silk-cotton tree.
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The cotton plant and the Northern pine tree symbolize the South and the North.
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The tree is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, Silk cotton or ceiba.
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The word is derived from the obsolete Frenchbombasin, applied originally to silk but afterwards to tree-silk or cotton.
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Lawrence chose a 40-foot-tall dead Chinese cork tree to bind in bright yellow cotton fabric.
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Argent a wool-pack encircled by two branches of the cotton-tree flowered and conjoined proper, a bordure sable, charged with eight martlets of the field.
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