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| —n | |
| 1. | See also sea-island cotton any of various herbaceous plants and shrubs of the malvaceous genus Gossypium, such as sea-island cotton, cultivated in warm climates for the fibre surrounding the seeds and the oil within the seeds |
| 2. | the soft white downy fibre of these plants: used to manufacture textiles |
| 3. | cotton plants collectively, as a cultivated crop |
| 4. | a. a cloth or thread made from cotton fibres |
| b. (as modifier): a cotton dress | |
| 5. | any substance, such as kapok (silk cotton), resembling cotton but obtained from other plants |
| [C14: from Old French coton, from Arabic dialect qutun, from Arabic qutn] | |
| 'cottony | |
| —adj | |
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