Gossypium – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Gossypium
Gossypium is the
cotton genus. It belongs to the tribe
Gossypieae, in the
mallow family,
Malvaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions from both the
Old and
New World. The genus
Gossypium comprises around 50 species, making it the largest in species number in the tribe
Gossypioieae. New species continue to be discovered. The name of the genus is derived from the
Arabic word
goz, which refers to a soft substance.
Gossypium
Noun
1. herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton
(synonym) genus Gossypium
(hypernym) dilleniid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Malvaceae, family Malvaceae, mallow family
(member-meronym) cotton, cotton plant
Gossypium
(n.)
A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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gossypium
N
cotton wool| cotton
gossypium
gossypium, gossypii
n. n. cotton wool, cotton;
