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5 Definitions of: cotton
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- noun, 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
- noun, the soft white downy fibre of these plants: used to manufacture textiles
- noun, cotton plants collectively, as a cultivated crop
- noun, a) a cloth or thread made from cotton fibres b) (as modifier)
- noun, any substance, such as kapok (silk cotton), resembling cotton but obtained from other plants ▷ See also cotton on ▷ See also, cotton to
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