sea-island cotton

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sē′ī′lənd)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sea′-is•land cot′ton  (sē′ī′lənd),USA pronunciation 
  1. Plant Biologya long-staple cotton, Gossypium barbadense, raised originally in the Sea Islands and now grown chiefly in the West Indies.
Also, Sea′ Is′land cot′ton. 
  • 1795–1805, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sea-island cotton n
  1. a cotton plant, Gossypium barbadense, of the Sea Islands, widely cultivated for its fine long fibres
  2. the fibre of this plant or the material woven from it
'sea-island cotton' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cotton - Egyptian cotton

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