genus gossypium

English Thesaurus

1. herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dilleniid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	cotton, cotton plant,
definition	:	erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family malvaceae, mallow family, malvaceae,
definition	:	herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra (noun.plant)