Definition of Gossypium religiosum. Meaning of Gossypium religiosum. Synonyms of Gossypium religiosum

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Definition of Gossypium religiosum

Gossypium religiosum
Nankeen Nan*keen", n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.] 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent. 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

Meaning of Gossypium religiosum from wikipedia

- 1907. Gossypium punctatum Schumach., Beskr. Guin. pl. 309. 1827. Gossypium purpurascens Poir., Encycl. suppl. 2:369. 1811. Gossypium religiosum L., Syst...
- Cochlospermum religiosum is a flowering plant from the tropical region of Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. It is a small tree growing to a height...
- (****h) Steud. (as B. orinocense ****h) Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston (as B. gossypium L.) Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. (as B. vitifolium...