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Sea Island cotton

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Sea Island cotton  (s)
n.
A tropical American species of cotton (Gossypium barbadense) widely cultivated for its fine, long-staple fibers.
[After the Sea Islands.]
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Noun1.Sea Island cottonsea island cotton - 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
Gossypium barbadense, tree cotton
cotton plant, cotton - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers


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