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cotton - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers |
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shrub,
bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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genus gossypium,
gossypium herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton
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cottonseed seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil
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gossypium arboreum,
tree cotton East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
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gossypium barbadense,
sea island cotton,
tree cotton small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers
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gossypium herbaceum,
levant cotton Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons
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gossypium hirsutum,
upland cotton native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton
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gossypium peruvianum,
peruvian cotton cotton with long rough hairy fibers
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egyptian cotton fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton
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arizona wild cotton,
gossypium thurberi,
wild cotton shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico
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cotton - soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state |
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plant fiber,
plant fibre fiber derived from plants
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cushioning,
padding artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
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cotton fabric woven from cotton fibers
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absorbent cotton cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax
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long-staple cotton cotton with relatively long fibers
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short-staple cotton cotton with relatively short fibers
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cotton - fabric woven from cotton fibers |
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cloth,
textile,
fabric,
material artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
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gauze bandage,
gauze a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
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cotton fiber,
cotton wool,
cotton fabric woven from cotton fibers
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cotton - thread made of cotton fibers |
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yarn,
thread a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
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lisle thread,
lisle a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)
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cotton - take a liking to; "cotton to something" |
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like feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?"
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