adjective/alɡodoˈneɾo/
cotton; growing cotton
“La radio les avisó de la tragedia: Armero, una próspera población algodonera de 50.000 habitantes, a cuatro horas de Bogotá, había sido arrasada por la furia de la naturaleza y la desidia del Estado.” — The radio informed them of the tragedy: Armero, a prosperous cotton town of 50,000 inhabitants, four hours from Bogotá, had been devastated by a natural fury and the slovenliness of the State.
Etymology tree Aramaic כִיתָנָא /כִיתָאנָא (kittānā)bor. Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ (kettānā)bor. Arabic قُطْن (quṭn) Andalusian Arabic قطن (quṭun)bor. Old Spanish algodon Spanish algodón Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Spanish -ero Spanish algodonero From algodón + -ero.