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Definitions for Cotton
[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.
[6] Informal . to get on well together; agree.
[7] Obsolete . to prosper or succeed.
[8] cotton (on) to , Informal . to become fond of; begin to like. to approve of; agree with: to cotton to a suggestion. to come to a full understanding of; grasp: More and more firms are cottoning on to the advantages of using computers.
[9] John, 1584–1652, U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather).
[10] 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 See also sea-island cotton
[11] the soft white downy fibre of these plants: used to manufacture textiles
[12] cotton plants collectively, as a cultivated crop
[13] a cloth or thread made from cotton fibres (as modifier ) a cotton dress
[14] any substance, such as kapok (silk cotton ), resembling cotton but obtained from other plants
[15] Sir Henry. 1907–87, English golfer: three times winner of the British Open (1934, 1937, 1948)
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Words nearby Cotton
cotter pin, cotter slot, cottian alps, cottid, cottier, cotton, cotton batting, cotton belt, cotton bollworm, cotton bud, cotton bush
Origin of Cotton
1250–1300; Middle English coton < Old French < Old Italian cotone < Arabic qutun, variant of qutn
Other words from Cotton
half-cot·ton , adjective
sem·i·cot·ton , noun
un·cot·toned , adjective
Word origin for Cotton
C14: from Old French coton, from Arabic dialect qutun, from Arabic qutn