GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM
\ɡəsˈɪpi͡əm hˌɜːbɐsˈiːəm], \ɡəsˈɪpiəm hˌɜːbɐsˈiːəm], \ɡ_ə_s_ˈɪ_p_iə_m h_ˌɜː_b_ɐ_s_ˈiː__ə_m]\
Definitions of GOSSYPIUM HERBACEUM
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Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short grayish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons
By Princeton University
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Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short grayish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Indian or American cotton plant; a species indigenous to Asia, where it has been known from the earliest ages. It is cultivated also in the southern United States. The leaves furnish cottonseed oil and, after the expression of the latter, are sold as oil cake.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
