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Значения термина gossypium barbadense на английском

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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        Синонимы
        Examples for "sea island cotton"
        Examples for "sea island cotton"
        1
        Gulf cotton occupies a position between upland and sea island cotton.
        Textiles and Clothing
        2
        Sea Island Cotton grows best on a light, sandy soil holding only five per cent.
        The First Book of Farming
        3
        Sea island cotton is used chiefly for fine laces, thread and knit goods and for the finest lawns and muslins.
        Textiles and Clothing
        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.
        Through the Brazilian Wilderness
        5
        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.
        Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona