cotton

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I - noun

1. soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
cotton fiber, cotton wool
• Derivationally related forms:
cottony
• Hypernyms:
plant fiber, plant fibre
• Hyponyms:
absorbent cotton, long-staple cotton, short-staple cotton
• Substance Holonyms:
padding, cushioning
2. fabric woven from cotton fibers (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
fabric, cloth, material, textile
• Hyponyms:
gauze, gauze bandage
• Substance Meronyms:
cotton fiber, cotton wool
3. erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
• Syn:
cotton plant
• Hypernyms:
shrub, bush
• Hyponyms:
tree cotton, Gossypium arboreum, sea island cotton, Gossypium barbadense, Levant cotton,
Gossypium herbaceum, upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, Peruvian cotton, Gossypium peruvianum, Egyptian cotton,
wild cotton, Arizona wild cotton, Gossypium thurberi
• Member Holonyms:
Gossypium, genus Gossypium
• Part Meronyms:
cottonseed
4. thread made of cotton fibers
• Hypernyms:
thread, yarn
• Hyponyms:
lisle, lisle thread

II - verb

take a liking to
- cotton to something
• Hypernyms:
like
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cotton plant, cotton fiber, cotton wool