SEA ISLAND COTTON


Meaning of SEA ISLAND COTTON in English

Function: noun

Usage: often cap S&I

Etymology: Sea Islands, chain of islands off the southeastern U.S. coast

Date: 1805

: a cotton ( Gossypium barbadense ) with especially long silky fiber ― called also sea island

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