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seaisland cotton

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sea-is⋅land cot⋅ton

[see-ahy-luhnd]
–noun
a long-staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies.
Also, Sea Island cotton.


Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism
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