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Gossypium hirsutum

Gossypium hirsutum

9.9
A cotton plant that makes short fibers used to make cloth
  • noun
  • /ˌɡɒsɪˈpiːəm hɪrˈsjuːtəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Gossypium hirsutum
  • The fibers from Gossypium hirsutum are used to produce high-quality cotton cloth.

Examples

  • Gossypium hirsutum thrives in warm climates, making it popular in cotton farming.

  • Among the fiber crops, cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) occupies first position (Killi and Aloglu, 2000).

    Academic text (2014)

  • Farmers cultivate Gossypium hirsutum extensively due to its resilience and cotton yield.

Synonyms

upland cotton
vsGossypium hirsutum
  • Specialized
5.0

A plant grown for short soft fibres used to make cloth

is the formal scientific name used in botany

Surface Forms

Gossypium hirsutum singular
Gossypium hirsutum plural

Morphology

Gossypium + hirsutum

This is a Latin scientific binomial: knowing 'Gossypium' (a cotton-producing genus) would allow a learner to infer it refers to a kind of cotton, but the species epithet 'hirsutum' is non‑English/undefined here and functions as a taxonomic label rather than compositional semantics. Because the full, specific meaning (a particular cultivated short‑staple cotton species) is not directly derivable from the constituents by a B1 learner, the expression is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Gossypium hirsutum comes from Latin words: Gossypium meaning 'cotton' and hirsutum meaning 'hairy'. The name points to the plant's fuzzy seed pods that make 'cotton fibers', so it helps you remember this is a common 'cotton plant'.