Gossypium

(gos-ip’e-um), gen. go ypii (LJ. 1. A genus of malvaceous plants; cotton-plants. The bark of the root of various species (cotton root bark) is diuretic, emmenagogue, and oxytocic, and is used in dysmenorrhea and a men or the a. Dose, $-1 dr. (1-4 gm.); of fluidextract, 15-45 min. (1-3 c.c.). 2. Cotton; the fiber or hairy down surrounding the seeds of the cotton plant. See cotton, cotton oil. g. purifica’tum, purified cotton. g. styp’ticum, styptic cotton. See under cotton.