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棉花 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cotton noun A soft white fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, used to make thread and fabric.

Senses

棉花 is used for these senses in English:

  • cotton (uncountable) A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
  • cotton wool (US) Raw fibers of cotton before being processed.

cotton — full definition

  1. noun A soft white fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, used to make thread and fabric.
  2. noun The plant itself, grown for its fibre.
  3. verb Informal: to take a liking to someone or something, or start to understand it.

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