cotton vs Gossypium arboreum

Gossypium arboreum vs cotton

cotton and Gossypium arboreum both are nouns.

cotton is a verb but Gossypium arboreum is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cotton	Yes	No	Yes	No
Gossypium arboreum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Gossypium arboreum is a hyponym of cotton; that is, Gossypium arboreum is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cotton:

cotton: erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
Gossypium arboreum: East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms

Other hyponyms of cotton include tree cotton, Gossypium barbadense, sea island cotton, tree cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Levant cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, upland cotton, Gossypium peruvianum, Peruvian cotton, Egyptian cotton, Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi, wild cotton.

cotton (noun)	Gossypium arboreum (noun)
fabric woven from cotton fibers	East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
thread made of cotton fibers
erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

cotton (verb)	Gossypium arboreum (verb)
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Difference between cotton and Gossypium arboreum

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