Sea Island cotton

English

Noun

Sea Island cotton (usually uncountable, plural Sea Island cottons)

Gossypium barbadense, a fine long-stapled variety of cotton grown on the Sea Islands, off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia.

Synonyms

American Pima cotton, American-Egyptian cotton, Brazilian cotton, Egyptian cotton, Gallini cotton, kidney cotton, long-staple cotton, Peruvian cotton, Pima cotton, pima cotton, upland cotton, ELS cotton

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