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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 ofcotton before beingprocessed - noun UK
absorbent cotton formedical orcosmetic 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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