upland cotton

noun

1. a plant, Gossypium hirsutum, of warm regions of the New World, that is the chief commercial cotton crop in the United States.

upland cotton

noun

1. a tropical American cotton plant, Gossypium hirsutum, widely cultivated for its fibre
2. the fibre of this plant, or the fabric woven from it

Word History and Origins

Origin of upland cotton¹

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

It yields about half as much as the "short staple" called Mexican and Petit gulf cotton, and known in commerce as upland cotton.

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Upland cotton produces best on a deep loam that is capable of furnishing a uniform supply of about ten or twelve per cent.

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Here and there around the floor were baskets and papers containing samples of sea-island and upland cotton.

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The upland cotton grown upon it, is inferior in quantity and quality to that of Mississippi growth.

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In the lower river lands Egyptian cotton has been the most successful, whilst Upland cotton is more suited to the highlands.

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