COTTON
\kˈɒtən], \kˈɒtən], \k_ˈɒ_t_ə_n]\
Definitions of COTTON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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fabric woven from cotton fibers
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thread made of cotton fibers
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silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
By Princeton University
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fabric woven from cotton fibers
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thread made of cotton fibers
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silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
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Cloth made of cotton.
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To go on prosperously; to succeed.
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To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with.
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To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to.
By Oddity Software
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Any of the cultivated varieties of Gossypium, herbs or shrubs of the Malvaceae family that yield fiber for textiles and absorbent dressings, oil from seeds, and various chemicals. The fibers cause BYSSINOSIS if inhaled over a period. GOSSYPOL is a male anti-fertility agent from COTTONSEED OIL.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A white, soft, downy substance, resembling wool and inclosing the seeds of the cotton-plant; the annual crop of that substance; thread or cloth made of cotton.
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Made of cotton.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Fine fibres attached to the seeds of the cotton-plant; the cotton-plant; cloth or thread made of cotton.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The soft, fibrous material appendant to the seeds of a plant (the cotton-plant); also, the plant itself. See illus. in next column.
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Cotton cloth or thread.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn. : gossypium. The hairs of the seed of Gossypium herbaceum and other species of Gossypium, deprived of impurities.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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