Egyptian cotton — noun fine somewhat brownish long staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton • Hypernyms: ↑cotton, ↑cotton plant * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized E : a fine long staple … Useful english dictionary
Egyptian cotton — noun Date: 1877 a fine long staple often somewhat brownish cotton grown chiefly in Egypt … New Collegiate Dictionary
Egyptian cotton — a variety of Sea Island cotton, having silky, strong fibers, grown chiefly in northern Africa. [1875 80] * * * … Universalium
Egyptian cotton — Egyp′tian cot′ton n. bot a variety of sea island cotton having silky, strong fibers, grown chiefly in N Africa • Etymology: 1875–80 … From formal English to slang
American-Egyptian cotton — barbadosinis vilnamedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dedešvinių šeimos pluoštinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Gossypium barbadense), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Gossypium barbadense angl. American Pima cotton; American… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
Cotton — For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). Cotton Hi … Wikipedia
cotton plant — noun erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers • Syn: ↑cotton • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑tree cotton, ↑Gossypium arboreum, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council — The Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) was the body established to supervise Egypt and Sudan after the Revolution of 1952. It initially selected Ali Maher Pasha as Prime Minister, but forced him to resign after conflict over land reform. At that … Wikipedia
cotton — /kot n/, n. 1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc. 2. the plant itself, having… … Universalium
Cotton — /kot n/, n. John, 1584 1652, U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather). * * * I Seed hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium, in the mallow family, native to most subtropical countries. The shrubby plants… … Universalium
