The round, fluffy clumps in which form cotton grows on a cotton plant.

(US, Canada) Melted sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick.

nitrocellulose.

A small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod, made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic. The most common uses for cotton swabs include aural hygiene and cosmetics application.

(US, dialectal, idiomatic, colloquial) An intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value.

The harvesting of cotton

plural of cotton swab

(US, Southern US, slang, idiomatic) The best of times; a time of well being.

Alternative spelling of cotton candy

(obsolete) A personification of the cotton production of the southern United States.