Search Result for "tree_cotton":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;
[syn: sea island cotton, tree cotton, Gossypium barbadense]

2. East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms;
[syn: tree cotton, Gossypium arboreum]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tree cotton n 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 [syn: sea island cotton, tree cotton, Gossypium barbadense] 2: East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms [syn: tree cotton, Gossypium arboreum]