Levant cotton


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Related to Levant cotton: Gossypium herbaceum
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Noun1.Levant cotton - Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficultyLevant cotton - Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons
cotton plant, cotton - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
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Gossypium herbaceum: Levant cotton, native to southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (less than 2 per cent)
--Gossipium herbaceum - Levant cotton, native to southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula (less than 2%)