tree cotton

1. 1.

   small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers

   Synonymssea island cottonGossypium barbadense

   Broadercotton
2. 2.

   East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms

   SynonymsGossypium arboreum

   Broadercotton

Questions about tree cotton

What does tree cotton mean?

tree cotton means "small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for tree cotton?

Close synonyms include sea island cotton, Gossypium barbadense, Gossypium arboreum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tree cotton a common word?

tree cotton is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.