cotton-plant
91cotton — cot•ton [[t]ˈkɒt n[/t]] n. 1) bot a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc 2) pln the… …
92cotton bush — /ˈkɒtn bʊʃ/ (say kotn boosh) noun 1. a perennial shrub, Kochia aphylla, bearing cotton like hairs; valuable as a fodder plant. 2. → narrow leaf cotton bush. 3. → broad leaf cotton bush. 4. a slender, erect shrub, Asclepias fruticosa, bearing… …
93cotton — [14] As with knowledge of the plant, its name cotton came to Europe from the Middle East. It originated in Arabic qutn, which passed via Spanish into the other languages of Europe. English acquired it via Old French coton. The verbal idiom cotton …
94cotton — [14] As with knowledge of the plant, its name cotton came to Europe from the Middle East. It originated in Arabic qutn, which passed via Spanish into the other languages of Europe. English acquired it via Old French coton. The verbal idiom cotton …
95Cotton thistle — Thistle This tle, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the… …
96cotton picker — /ˈkɒtn pɪkə/ (say kotn pikuh) noun a machine for removing ripe cotton bolls from the standing plant. –cotton picking, noun …
97cotton worm — Caterpillar Cat er*pil lar, n. [OE. catyrpel, corrupted fr. OF. chatepelouse, or cate pelue, fr. chate, F. chatte, she cat, fem. of chat, L. catus + L. pilosus hairy, or F. pelu hairy, fr. L. pilus hair. See {Cat}, and {Pile} hair.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) …
98cotton grass — any rushlike plant constituting the genus Eriophorum, of the sedge family, common in swampy places and bearing spikes resembling tufts of cotton. [1590 1600; so called from its cottonlike heads] * * * …
99cotton picker — a machine for removing the ripe cotton fiber from the standing plant. [1825 35, Amer.] * * * …
100cotton grass — cot′ton grass n. pln any rushlike plant constituting the genus Eriophorum, of the sedge family, common in swampy places and bearing spikes resembling tufts of cotton • Etymology: 1590–1600 …
