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Bourbon cotton

noun

Definition of Bourbon cotton 

: a cotton derived from a West Indian cotton plant (Gossypium purpurascens)

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History and Etymology for Bourbon cotton

Bourbon (now Réunion), French island in the Indian ocean

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