Noun has 2 senses

• tree cotton(n = noun.plant) gossypium barbadense, sea island cotton - small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers;


• tree cotton(n = noun.plant) gossypium arboreum - East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms;