Definition of Gossypium arboreum

1. Noun. East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms.

Exact synonyms: Tree Cotton
Generic synonyms: Cotton, Cotton Plant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gossypium Arboreum

Gorontalo
Gorsuch
Gosainthan
Gospel
Gospel According to John
Gospel According to Luke
Gospel According to Mark
Gospel According to Matthew
Gospel of Luke
Gospel shop
Gospel shops
Gospels
Gosport
Gossage
Gosselin's fracture
Gossypium arboreum (current term)
Gossypium barbadense
Gossypium herbaceum
Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium peruvianum
Gossypium thurberi
Gostivar
Gota Canal
Gotcha Day
Goteborg
Goth
Goth.
Gotha
Gotham
Gothamist

Literary usage of Gossypium arboreum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wild and Cultivated Cotton Plants of the World: A Revision of the Genus by George Watt (1907)
"G. arborescent of Burlamaqui - G. brasiliense, Mac./., 309. Gossypium arboreum : Пит- ... Gossypium arboreum, Linn., var. ..."

2. Textiles by Paul Henry Nystrom (1916)
"The gossypium arboreum grows to a height of from fifteen to twenty feet. The gossypium barbadense differs from the other cottons in that its seeds are not ..."

3. Textiles: A Handbook for the Student and the Consumer by Mary Schenck Woolman, Ellen Beers Mcgowan (1920)
"Gossypium arboreum and neglectum. — These species are much alike, ... The Gossypium religiosum is thought by some to be the same as the Gossypium arboreum. ..."

4. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1855)
"... is the Gossypium arboreum, but in nearly all the capsules I have examined there ... in the characters of Gossypium arboreum, given in Dr. Royle's work. ..."

5. The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce: With a Copious List of by John Yeats (1878)
"THE COTTON TREE (Gossypium arboreum).—The cotton tree inhabits India, China, Egypt, the coast of Africa, and some places in America. ..."

6. A Reader in Botany by Jane Hancox Newell (1889)
"Gossypium arboreum ; native of India. " Herbaceum. " Religiosum. " Barbadense : sea island, long-stapled cotton; native of the Bahama Islands. ..."

7. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"supposes the Gossypium arboreum of Linnaeus, the Cotton Tree, to be meant in the latter, though not in the former. The description of Theophrastus is ..."

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