English Dictionary

cotton

/ˈkɒt.n̩/

noun

Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber. / Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants.

意味（1）

Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.

K'a-shih has the most extensive cotton-growing area which amounted to 950 000 mou (6.3 million ares) in 1965.

意味（2）

Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.

意味（3）

Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.

意味（4）

(textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.

Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.

意味（5）

(countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.

The little girls appeared, looking fresh and cool in pretty pink cottons, and we two elder ones seized the opportunity of making a more elaborate toilette than usual.