cotton vs Gossypium herbaceum

Gossypium herbaceum vs cotton

cotton and Gossypium herbaceum both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, Gossypium herbaceum is a hyponym of cotton; that is, Gossypium herbaceum 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 herbaceum: Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons

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

cotton (noun)	Gossypium herbaceum (noun)
fabric woven from cotton fibers	Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons
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 herbaceum (verb)
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