Other Definitions cotton (enc)
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Cotton| Noun | 1. | cotton - silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw statecushioning, padding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | | | 2. | cotton - fabric woven from cotton fiberscloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" gauze, gauze bandage - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings | | | 3. | cotton - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fiberscottonseed - seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil Gossypium herbaceum, Levant cotton - Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short grayish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons Egyptian cotton - fine long-stable somewhat brownish cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches | | | 4. | cotton - thread made of cotton fiberslisle - a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving | | | Verb | 1. | cotton - take a liking to; "cotton to something"like - find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels" | |
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