Any of various insects of the family Pyrrhocoridae whose feeding activities leave an indelible brownish-yellow stain on cotton crops.

plural of cotton rat

Any member of the rodent tribe Sigmodontini, that build their nests from cotton, and can damage cotton crops.

A social barrier to consideration (by cisgender women) of transgender women as viable sexual partners. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cotton, ceiling.

Peromyscus gossypinus, an omnivorous rodent of the southeastern United States, often using cotton for nest construction.

A building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from raw cotton.

plural of cotton mill

A nickname for Alabama.

(transitive) To cover with, or in, cotton wool.

reminiscent of cotton wool