棉花 — meaning in English
mián hua
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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
- noun A soft white fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, used to make thread and fabric.
- noun The plant itself, grown for its fibre.
- verb Informal: to take a liking to someone or something, or start to understand it.