cotton gum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cotton gum
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; so called from the cottonlike hairs of its seeds
Example Sentences
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The tupelo gum, or cotton gum, Nyssa aquatica L., is found in deep river swamps which are flooded during a part of the year.
From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.
Owing to the prejudice against tupelo gum, it was until recently marketed under such names as bay poplar, swamp poplar, nyssa, cotton gum, circassian walnut, and hazel pine.
From Seasoning of Wood by Wagner, J. B. (Joseph Bernard)
The most important vegetable productions are—cereals, cotton, gum tragacanth, liquorice, olive oil, opium, rice, saffron, salep, tobacco and yellow berries.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
The exports are coffee, cocoa, logwood, cotton, gum, honey, tobacco and sugar.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
The cotton gum is draped in cottony white down as the new shoots start and the leaves unfold in spring.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
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