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upland cotton

–noun
a plant, Gossypium hirsutum, of warm regions of the New World, that is the chief commercial cotton crop in the U.S.
Also called American cotton.


Origin:
1810–20, Americanism
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upland cotton  
n.  A tropical American plant (Gossypium hirsutum) widely cultivated for the woolly lint that surrounds its seeds.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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