tree cotton
- noun
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algodón arbóreo
- The tree cotton in the garden bloomed with striking purple flowers in the summer.
Examples
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Gardeners often choose tree cotton for its attractive and vibrant blossoms.
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Botanists are studying the cultivation methods of tree cotton in different climates.
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The tree cotton blooms beautifully in the spring.
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Many gardeners love tree cottons for their vibrant colors.
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Gardeners often choose tree cotton for its attractive and vibrant blossoms.
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The tree cotton in the garden bloomed with striking purple flowers in the summer.
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The tree cotton blooms beautifully in the spring.
Synonyms
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1.0
A bushy plant with white fluffy seed pods grown for soft fibers used to make cloth
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A bushy plant that produces white round pods with soft fibers used for cloth
A cotton plant from South Asia with pale yellow to purple flowers grown for its cotton and beauty
A cotton plant with very long soft fibers used to make luxury cloth
A cotton plant that makes very long, soft fibers grown on coastal islands
A wild bush with white soft fibers around its seeds used to make cloth
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning (‘a shrub or small tree grown for its ornamental flowers or for producing cotton fibers’) is directly compositional from 'tree' and 'cotton' — it denotes a tree associated with cotton. This is a literal, non-idiomatic noun–noun combination that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer.
Etymology
Tree cotton is a simple name from the plant itself: it is a small tree or shrub that makes cotton-like fibers and has pretty flowers. So the name joins tree and cotton to mean a small tree grown for its blooms and for 'producing cotton fibers'.