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Meanings of Gossypium barbadense in English
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.
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Examples for "sea island cotton"
Examples for "sea island cotton"
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Gulf cotton occupies a position between upland and sea island cotton.
2
Sea Island Cotton grows best on a light, sandy soil holding only five per cent.
3
Sea island cotton is used chiefly for fine laces, thread and knit goods and for the finest lawns and muslins.
4
TENTS-Thereis nothing better for material than the light waterproof Sea Island cotton of American manufacture, made under the trade name of waterproof silk.
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Its nature is not unlike that of the celebrated Sea Island cotton, possessing an equally fine texture, and, if anything, more of a silky fibre.