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Noun: Gossypium herbaceum
  1. 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
    - Levant cotton

Type of: cotton, cotton plant

Encyclopedia: Gossypium herbaceum

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