sea island cotton

/si ˌaɪlənd ˌkɑtn/
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Definitions of sea island 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
    synonyms: Gossypium barbadense, tree cotton
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    type of:
    cotton, cotton plant
    erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
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