Lexic.us

Definition of Tree cotton

1. 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.

2. Noun. East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tree Cotton

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Literary usage of Tree cotton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"What little cotton there is made is grown partly from the indigenous tree cotton, which bears for several years without replanting and yields a strong fibre ..."

2. The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1852)
"... hairy or shrub cotton ; arborescent, or tree cotton ; the two former comprise the green seed, short staple or upland ; the latter the black seed, ..."

3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1861)
"tree cotton.—Mr. Kendall, of Maryland, has been describing the cotton tree of South ... tree cotton is nothing new; but a cotton tree that will stand our ..."

4. Cross River Natives: Being Some Notes on the Primitive Pagans of Obubura by Charles Partridge (1905)
"... vegetable productions—Timber—Rubber—The oil- palm—The cotton tree—Cotton plant—Fruits and vegetables— The yam—Its cultivation described—Vegetation and ..."

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