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Cotton Belt

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Cotton Belt
An agricultural region of the southeast United States, concentrated particularly in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, where cotton became the predominant crop in the 19th century.
cotton belt
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a belt of land in the southeastern US that specializes in the production of cotton


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