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cotton noun 1 a a shrubby plant with broad lobed leaves and egg-shaped seed pods, cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for the creamy-white downy fibres which surround its seeds; b a number of these plants collectively. 2 the soft white fibre obtained from this plant, used in the production of textiles. 3 the cloth or yarn that is woven from fibres obtained from this plant. adj made from cotton. verb (cottoned, cottoning) (always cotton on to something) colloq to begin to understand it. cottony adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French coton, from Arabic qutun.
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