Look up: Cotton

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   Cotton
   Cotton is a tropical and sub tropical herbaceous plant. The cotton is the white or tawny mass of fibres which envelope the seeds within the dry capsular fruit of the plant.
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   Cotton
   Cotton is a township in Switzerland County Indiana, USA Cotton is a township in St Louis County Minnesota, USA
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   Cotton
   Cotton is Black-American slang for 'the hair of a woman's pudendum'
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   cotton
   [n] - silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state 2. [n] - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers 3. [n] - thread made of cotton fibers 4. [n] - fabric woven from cotton fibers 5. [v] - take a liking to
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   Cotton
   Usually elasticated cotton is used to whip baits onto your hook. Ideal for holding soft baits like mussel and peeler crab on when your cod fishing in winter.
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   cotton
   a tropical or subtropical plant of the genus Gossypium(mallow family),grown for this fibre or its seed Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Cotton
   Cot'ton (kŏt't'n) noun [ French coton , Spanish algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, from Arabic qutun , alqutun , cotton wool. Confer Acton , Hacqueton .] 1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-stapl ...
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   Cotton
   Cot'ton intransitive verb 1. To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does. [ Obsolete] « It cottons well; it can not choose but bear A pretty nap. Family of Love. » 2. To go on prosperously; to succeed. [ Obsolete] « New, Hephestion, does not this matter cotton as I would? Lyly. » 3. To unite; to agree; to make friends; ...
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   cotton
   <botany> Any of the cultivated varieties of gossypium, herbs or shrubs of the malvaceae family that yield fibre for textiles and absorbent dressings, oil from seeds, and various chemicals. ... The fibres cause byssinosis if inhaled over a period. Gossypol is a male anti-fertility agent from cottonseed oil. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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    cotton
    cotton cloth noun fabric woven from cotton fibers
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    cotton
    cotton plant noun erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
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    cotton
    verb take a liking to; `cotton to something`
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    cotton
    noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
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    Cotton
    `Cotton` is a soft, staple fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant (`Gossypium` sp.), a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India, and Africa. However, virtually all of the commercial cotton grown today worldwide is grown from varieties of the native American species `Gossypium hirsutum` and `Gossypium barbadense`. The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to mak...
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    cotton
    (kot´әn) a plant of the genus Gossypium. a textile material derived from the seeds of this plant. absorbable cotton oxidized cellulose. absorbent cotton , purified cotton cotton freed from impurities, bleached, and steri...
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    Cotton
    • (v. i.) To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with. • (v. i.) To go on prosperously; to succeed. • (n.) The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below. • (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cott...
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    cotton
    seed-hair fibre of a variety of plants of the genus Gossypium, belonging to the Malvaceae family, native to most subtropical countries. The shrubby ...
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    cotton
    seed-hair fibre of a variety of plants of the genus Gossypium, belonging to the Malvaceae family and native to most subtropical parts of the world. ... [50 related articles]
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    cotton
    cotton Derived from the Arab word qutun. The Arabs played a very extensive role in the cotton trade and so the word for cotton came from the Arab traders into the European vocabulary.
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    cotton
    A highly absorbent natural fabric with no wicking ability and, unlike wool, provides no insulating properties when wet. Cotton is good for very hot conditions because it actually sucks heat from the body when wet. However, in any other climate cotton can be uncomfortable or even dangerous. Wearing wet cotton when it's cold out is actually worse than no clothes at all. See synthetic.
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    cotton
    A subtropical plant of the genus Gossypium, grown for the soft white fibers attached to its seed, which can be woven into cloth. The seeds are planted in the early spring and the plats bloom after four months. The white flowers redden and fall in a few days, leaving the seed pods, which are fully gr...
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    Cotton
    A natural fabric known for it`s breathability making it excellent in hot climates and weather. Often has a bit of another fabric for shape or stretch. Cotton can generally be machine washed in cold, tumbled dry in low heat.
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    cotton
    cotton, most important of the vegetable fibers, and the plant from which the fiber is harvested.Sections in this article:IntroductionThe Cotton PlantPlanting and ProductionUses of CottonHistoryBibliography
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