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kot´'n (כּרפס, karpaṣ is the better translation, as in the Revised Version, margin, where the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) have “green†in ): The Hebrew karpaṣ is from the Persian kirpas and the Sanskrit karpāsa, “the cotton plant.†The derived words originally meant “muslin†or “calico,†but in classical times the use of words allied to karpaṣ̌ - in Greek and Latin - was extended to include linen. The probability is in favor of “cotton†in . This is the product of Gossypium herbaceum, a plant originally from India but now cultivated in many other lands.