'tree cotton' definitions:
Definition of 'tree cotton'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers [syn: sea island cotton, tree cotton, Gossypium barbadense]
noun
East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms [syn: tree cotton, Gossypium arboreum]