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Webster 1913 Edition
Gossypium
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Gos-syp′i-um
,Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
gossypion
, gossipion
.] (Bot.)
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.