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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum) that is widely cultivated for its oily seeds and its fiber, used for textiles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton

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