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LONG-STAPLE COTTON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does long-staple cotton mean?
• LONG-STAPLE COTTON (noun)
The noun LONG-STAPLE COTTON has 1 sense:
1. cotton with relatively long fibers
Familiarity information: LONG-STAPLE COTTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cotton with relatively long fibers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("long-staple cotton" is a kind of...):
cotton; cotton fiber; cotton wool (soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state)
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