SEA ISLAND COTTON


Meaning of SEA ISLAND COTTON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Usage: often capitalized S&I

Etymology: Sea Islands, chain of islands off the southeastern United States coast

Date: 1805

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

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