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GOSSYPIUM ARBOREUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gossypium arboreum mean?
• GOSSYPIUM ARBOREUM (noun)
The noun GOSSYPIUM ARBOREUM has 1 sense:
1. East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
Familiarity information: GOSSYPIUM ARBOREUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Gossypium arboreum; tree cotton
Hypernyms ("Gossypium arboreum" is a kind of...):
cotton; cotton plant (erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers)
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