cotton
English Thesaurus
1. fabric woven from cotton fibers (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | cloth, fabric, material, textile, |
| definition | : | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | gauze, gauze bandage, |
| definition | : | (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings (noun.artifact) |
2. thread made of cotton fibers (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | thread, yarn, |
| definition | : | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | lisle, lisle thread, |
| definition | : | a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) (noun.artifact) |
3. erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bush, shrub, |
| definition | : | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gossypium arboreum, tree cotton, |
| definition | : | East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gossypium barbadense, sea island cotton, tree cotton, |
| definition | : | small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States; yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gossypium herbaceum, levant cotton, |
| definition | : | Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gossypium hirsutum, upland cotton, |
| definition | : | native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | egyptian cotton, |
| definition | : | fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | cottonseed, |
| definition | : | seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil (noun.plant) |
4. soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state (noun.substance)
| hyponym | : | absorbent cotton, |
| definition | : | cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | long-staple cotton, |
| definition | : | cotton with relatively long fibers (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | cotton, |
| definition | : | fabric woven from cotton fibers (noun.artifact) |
| substance meronym | : | cushioning, padding, |
| definition | : | artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort (noun.artifact) |
5. take a liking to (verb.emotion)
| hypernym | : | like, |
| definition | : | find enjoyable or agreeable (verb.emotion) |
6. soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state (noun.substance)
| derivation | : | cottony, |
| definition | : | resembling cotton; as soft as cotton (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | cottony, |
| definition | : | resembling cotton; as soft as cotton (adj.all) |
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