Gossypium


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Noun1.Gossypium - herbs and shrubs and small trees: cottonGossypium - herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
family Malvaceae, mallow family, Malvaceae - herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
cotton plant, cotton - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
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Seeds of the Gossypium herbaceum and Gossypium hirsutum species of cotton are most commonly used to extract cottonseed oil.
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is an important fiber crop and the second important oilseed crop after soybean (Freeland et al., 2006).
Notou-se a elevada presenca de Azadirachta indica (75,16% de ocorrencia), seguida de Syzygium malaccense (8,33%), Ficus benjamina (5,35%) e Gossypium arboreum L.
Genetic variability and positive correlations were observed for yield traits in Gossypium hirsutum L.
The cotton crop (Gossypium hirsutum L.) is a species of great importance for the agricultural sector in the world, as highlights the works of Khalafalla & Abdellatef (2008), Almeida et al.
Gossypium hirsutum, commonly known as Upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the unlikely cousin of the hibiscus.
The fourth recipe involves a cold maceration of pieces of Olax subscorpioidea, Crinum jagus Tetrapleura tetraptera, Chasmanthera dependens, Gongronema latifolium (Madunmaro), Xylopia aethiopica (Eeru), Euphorbia lateriflora, Nauclea latifolia, Gossypium barbadense, and Allium ascalonicum.
The history of Mississippi, noble and ignoble, joyful and woebegone, is intertwined with cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, a plant of the Mallow or Hibiscus family.
Cottonseed (Gossypium hirsutum) meal is a natural source of protein, fiber and energy.
In present study, cottonseed (Gossypium) varieties (RH-112, Lankart-57, K-25, F-20 and D-9) were evaluated for possible variation in quality attributes by using conventional and instrumental techniques.
The Class II list also includes "crude" cotton and "treated" cotton fibers derived from the Gossypium genus of the plant (no specific CFR reference is included for either).