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Noun: sea island cotton
  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
    - tree cotton, Gossypium barbadense

Derived forms: sea island cottons

Type of: cotton, cotton plant

Encyclopedia: Sea island cotton

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