Tree Cotton (Noun)
Meaning 1
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The Sea Island planters of the southern United States were keen to develop tree_cotton, but its fragile seeds proved a barrier to mass cultivation.
- On some islands in the Caribbean, tree_cotton has naturalized in a wild state and is used for the fibers and the oil contained in the seeds.
- Historical evidence indicates that the inhabitants of the coast of Venezuela, known as the Guarauno people, have long known about tree_cotton.
- Grown primarily on tropical islands in the Atlantic and in parts of Central America, tree_cotton became one of the chief cotton sources of the Western world in the late eighteenth century.
- One early colonial text of 1786 said tree_cotton from the southern part of St Kitts produced very good fiber but could only be picked after December, or during winter months.
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Meaning 2
East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.