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Gossypium
‖
Gos-syp′i-um
,Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
gossypion
, gossipion
.] (Bot.)
A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused.
G. herbaceum
is the name given to the common cotton plant, while the long-stapled sea-island cotton is produced by G. Barbadense
, a shrubby variety. There are several other kinds besides these. Definition 2024
Gossypium
Gossypium
See also: gossypium
Translingual
Gossypium sturtianum
Proper noun
Gossypium n
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Malvales - order; Malvaceae - family; Malvoideae - subfamily; Gossypieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Gossypium subg. Gossypium, Gossypium subg. Houzingenia, Gossypium subg. Karpas, Gossypium subg. Sturtia - subgenera; Gossypium arboreum - type species, Gossypium hirsutum - other species
References
- ↑ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ↑ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
gossypium
gossypium
See also: Gossypium
Latin
Noun
gossypium n (genitive gossypiī); second declension
Descendants
- English: gossypiboma
Related terms
- gossympinus
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gossypium | gossypia |
| genitive | gossypiī | gossypiōrum |
| dative | gossypiō | gossypiīs |
| accusative | gossypium | gossypia |
| ablative | gossypiō | gossypiīs |
| vocative | gossypium | gossypia |
References
- gossypium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers