tree cotton

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tree cotton - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]