| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pima cotton |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pi·ma cotton |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p  m |
| NOUN: | A very strong, high-grade cotton of medium staple developed from selected Egyptian cottons in the southwest United States. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Pima County in southern Arizona, location of the experimental farm on which it was developed in the early 1900s.
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