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cotton - definition by dict.die.net (446 words) |
 | Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton. |
 | Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a press for baling cotton. |
 | Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made wholly of cotton. |