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noun
- A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
- The textile that is harvested from the cotton plant.
adjective
- Made of cotton.
Etymology: - As the plant and the textile, it derives from the (ARchar, ÙÙ) (qíÅun).
- As a placename, "Cotton" came from Anglo-Saxon cot-tÅn, meaning "cottage farmstead".
- As a surname, it comes from the placename. As a nickname, it comes from the plant material.
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