upland cotton
- noun
- /ˈʌplənd ˈkɑtən/
- Specialized
:
algodón de tierras altas
- The farmer decided to cultivate upland cotton this season due to its favorable yield in the local climate.
- upland cotton genotypes
Examples
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The new variety of upland cotton is expected to produce higher yields and resist common pests.
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As another way to promote cotton, the G & F for several years awarded an annual prize of one hundred dollars for the best five acres of upland cotton and one hundred dollars for the best five acres of Sea Island cotton.
Academic text (2007) -
Growing upland cotton has become popular among farmers in the southern United States for its adaptability.
Synonyms
A cotton plant that makes short fibers used to make cloth
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'upland' (located in elevated/hilly terrain) modifies 'cotton' (the crop), so the phrase plainly denotes cotton associated with upland areas. Although technical details like 'short-staple' are specialist, a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily infer it refers to a type/variety of cotton grown in higher ground.
Etymology
The noun upland cotton comes from the simple idea of where the plant grew: upland means higher, inland ground and cotton is the plant. Because this cotton had shorter fibers and was mainly grown away from the coast, the name came to mean the common 'short-staple' type of cotton.
