COTTON

Definitions

1. 1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
2. 2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
3. 3. Cloth made of cotton.