upland cotton

American  

noun

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

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upland cotton British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of upland cotton

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Example Sentences

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upland cotton

Halfway across the world in Pakistan, the world’s sixth-largest producer of upland cotton, severe flooding worsened by climate change destroyed half of its cotton crop.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2023

Sam Clay of Toyo Cotton Company, a Dallas trader that buys upland cotton from farmers and sells it to mills, said the collapse of the crop had sent him scrambling.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2023

The cultivation of upland cotton spread rapidly, and the Cotton Kingdom began to rise.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

We brought in number of specimens of their spindles and yam, and, as it was quite equal to American upland cotton, did not offer them any American seed.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 18, 2013

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

From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.