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MSH: A plant genus of the family MALVACEAE. It is the source of COTTON FIBER; COTTONSEED OIL, which is used for cooking, and GOSSYPOL. The economically important cotton crop is a major user of agricultural PESTICIDES.,CSP: various erect freely branching tropical plants (genus Gossypium) of the mallow family, or the soft usually white fibrous substance composed of the hairs surrounding the seeds of these plants.
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