cotton vs Gossypium hirsutum

Gossypium hirsutum vs cotton

cotton and Gossypium hirsutum both are nouns.

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

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

As nouns, Gossypium hirsutum is a hyponym of cotton; that is, Gossypium hirsutum 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 hirsutum: native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton

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

cotton (noun)	Gossypium hirsutum (noun)
fabric woven from cotton fibers	native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton
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 hirsutum (verb)
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