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Definition of Genus Gossypium
1. Noun. Herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Malvaceae, Mallow Family, Malvaceae
Member holonyms: Cotton, Cotton Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Gossypium
Literary usage of Genus Gossypium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Culture and Commerce of Cotton in India and Elsewhere by John Forbes Royle (1851)
"THE genus Gossypium. The genus Gossypium, so named from what is said by Pliny to
have been the name of the cotton-plant, is distinguished by having a double ..."
2. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"From the genus Gossypium they differ, principally, in the total absence of ...
that these species should in his judgment be placed in the genus Gossypium, ..."
3. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1907)
"Cotton .fiber is derived from several species of the genus Gossypium belonging
to the mallow family (Malvaceae). Okra (Hibiscus esculentus L.) and hollyhock ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The genus Gossypium includes herbs and shrubs, which have been cultivated from
time immemorial, and are now found widely distributed throughout the tropical ..."
5. Report of the Marlborough College Natural History Society (founded April 9th (1865)
"The hairs on the seeds, and three bracts at the base of the flower serve to
distinguish the genus gossypium (cotton plant) from the others of the order. ..."
6. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1838)
"The genus Gossypium is characterised by having a double calyx, of which the inner
is cup-shaped, ..."
7. Transactions by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Institution of Public Health Engineers (Great Britain) (1900)
"The genus Gossypium to which cotton belongs is separated from the other genera
of the Malvaceae by the presence of three, sometimes in cultivation four, ..."
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