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cotton
 
Noun cotton has 4 senses
  1. cotton, cotton wool - silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
    --1 is a kind of plant fiber, plant fibre
    --1 is a substance of padding, cushioning; cotton, cotton cloth
    --1 has particulars: absorbent cotton
  2. cotton, cotton cloth - fabric woven from cotton fibers
    --2 is a kind of fabric, cloth, material, textile
    --2 has substances: cotton, cotton wool
    --2 has particulars: gauze, gauze bandage
  3. cotton, cotton plant - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
    --3 is a kind of shrub, bush
    --3 is a member of Gossypium, genus Gossypium
    --3 has parts: cottonseed
    --3 has particulars:
     tree cotton, Gossypium arboreum; sea island cotton, tree cotton, Gossypium barbadense; Levant cotton, Gossypium herbaceum; upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum; Peruvian cotton, Gossypium peruvianum; Egyptian cotton; wild cotton, Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi
  4. cotton - thread made of cotton fibers
    --4 is a kind of     thread, yarn
    --4 has particulars: lisle
Verb cotton has 1 sense
  1. cotton - take a liking to; "cotton to something"
    --1 is one way to     like
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
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