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cot⋅ton

  [kot-n]
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–noun
1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.
2. the plant itself, having spreading branches and broad, lobed leaves.
3. such plants collectively as a cultivated crop.
4. cloth, thread, a garment, etc., of cotton.
5. any soft, downy substance resembling cotton, but growing on other plants.
–verb (used without object)
6. Informal. to get on well together; agree.
7. Obsolete. to prosper or succeed.
—Verb phrase
8. cotton to or on to, Informal.
a. to become fond of; begin to like.
b. to approve of; agree with: to cotton to a suggestion.
c. to come to a full understanding of; grasp: More and more firms are cottoning on to the advantages of using computers.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME coton < OF < OIt cotone < Ar qutun, var. of qutn
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Cot⋅ton

  [kot-n]
–noun
John, 1584–1652, U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather).
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cot·ton   (kŏt'n)   
n.  

    1. Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Gossypium, having showy flowers and grown for the soft white downy fibers surrounding oil-rich seeds.

    2. The fiber of any of these plants, used in making textiles and other products.

    3. Thread or cloth manufactured from the fiber of these plants.

  2. The crop of these plants.

  3. Any of various soft downy substances produced by other plants, as on the seeds of a cottonwood.

intr.v.   cot·toned, cot·ton·ing, cot·tons Informal

  1. To take a liking; attempt to be friendly: a dog that didn't cotton to strangers; an administration that will cotton up to the most repressive of regimes.

  2. To come to understand. Often used with to or onto: "The German bosses . . . never cottoned to such changes" (N.R. Kleinfield).


[Middle English cotoun, from Old French coton, from Old Italian cotone, from Arabic quṭn, quṭun; see qṭn in Semitic roots.]
Cot·ton   (kŏt'n)   
English-born American cleric who was vicar of Saint Botolph's Church in England until he was summoned to court for his Puritanism. He fled to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became a civil and religious leader.
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Word Origin & History

cotton  (n.)
1286, from O.Fr. coton, ult. (via Prov., It., or O.Sp.) from Ar. qutn, perhaps of Egyptian origin. Philip Miller of the Chelsea Physic Garden sent the first cotton seeds to American colony of Georgia in 1732. Cotton-picking was first recorded in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, but the noun meaning "contemptible person" dates to around 1919, probably with racist overtones that have faded over the years. The Cottonian library in the British Museum is from Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1570-1631).

cotton  (v.)
"to get on with" (usually with to), 1567, perhaps from Welsh cytuno "consent, agree." But perhaps also a metaphor from cloth finishing and thus from cotton (n.).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cot·ton
Pronunciation: 'kät-&n
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : a soft usually white fibroussubstance composed of the hairs surrounding the seeds of various erect freely branching tropical plants (genus Gossypium) of the mallow family and used extensively in making threads, yarns, andfabrics (as in surgical dressings)
2 : a plant producing cotton; especially : one grown for its cotton
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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