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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Cotton in its natural or raw state.
  • noun Chiefly British A cotton ball or a wad of cotton.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Raw cotton; cotton fiber either on the boll or prepared for use.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun US raw fibers of cotton before being processed
  • noun UK absorbent cotton for medical or cosmetic use etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

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