COTTON

Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will tend to increase the dispersion of the seeds.

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cotton

Noun

  1. A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
  2. Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
  3. The textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant.
  4. An item of clothing made from cotton.

Verb

  1. To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.

Adjective

  1. Made of cotton.


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