cotton-plant
61cotton — ► NOUN ▪ a soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of a tropical and subtropical plant, used to make cloth or thread for sewing. ► VERB informal (cotton on) ▪ begin to understand. DERIVATIVES cottony adjective. ORIGIN Arabic …
62plant|er — «PLAN tuhr, PLAHN », noun. 1. a person who owns or runs a plantation: »a cotton planter. One of the most considerable planters in the Brazils (Daniel Defoe). 2. a machine for planting: »a corn planter. 3. a person who plants. 4. an early settler; …
63Cotton thistle — Taxobox name = Cotton Thistle image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae subfamilia = Carduoideae tribus = Cynareae genus = Onopordum species = O. acanthium binomial …
64swan's-down cotton — Cotton Cot ton (k[o^]t t n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. {Acton}, {Hacqueton}.] 1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the …
65Cotton mill — A cotton mill is a factory that houses spinning and weaving machinery. Typically built between 1775 and 1930, mills spun cotton which was an important product during the Industrial Revolution. Cotton mills, and the mechanisation of the spinning… …
66cotton harvester — ▪ machine machine for harvesting cotton bolls. Mechanical cotton harvesters are of two basic types, strippers and pickers. Stripper type harvesters strip the entire plant of both open and unopened bolls along with many leaves and stems. The …
67cotton — [[t]kɒ̱t(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ cottons, cottoning, cottoned 1) N MASS: oft N n Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant. ...a cotton shirt. 2) N UNCOUNT Cotton is a plant which is grown in warm countries and which produces… …
68cotton — I n. 1) to gin; grow; pick; plant cotton 2) (AE) absorbent cotton 3) a bale of cotton II v. (colloq.) (AE) (d; intr.) ( to take a liking ) to cotton to * * * [ kɒtn] grow pick plant cotton (AE) absorben …
69cotton — /ˈkɒtn / (say kotn) noun 1. a soft, white, downy substance, consisting of the hairs of fibres attached to the seeds of plants of the genus Gossypium, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, guncotton, etc. 2. a plant yielding cotton, as G.… …
70cotton fiber — noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state • Syn: ↑cotton, ↑cotton wool • Derivationally related forms: ↑cottony (for: ↑cotton) • Hypernyms: ↑plant …
