Cotton
21COTTON — urbs Asiae Propriae. Liv. l. 9. c. 37 …
22Cotton — Dans le département du Nord, où le nom est fréquent (variante : Coton), il s agit d un hypocoristique de Jacot (= Jacques) ou de Nicot (= Nicolas). Le nom se rencontre aussi dans le Sud Est, où il correspond à l italien Cottone, qui a dû désigner …
23Cotton — For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). Cotton Hi …
24cotton — /kot n/, n. 1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc. 2. the plant itself, having… …
25Cotton — /kot n/, n. John, 1584 1652, U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather). * * * I Seed hair fibre of various plants of the genus Gossypium, in the mallow family, native to most subtropical countries. The shrubby plants… …
26Cotton — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Cotton Patronymes Aimé Cotton (1869 1951), physicien français ; Balance de Cotton ; Laboratoire Aimé Cotton ; Arthur Disbrowe Cotton… …
27cotton — cot|ton1 [ˈkɔtn US ˈka:tn] n [U] BrE [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: coton, from Arabic qutn] 1.) cloth or thread made from the white hair of the cotton plant ▪ a white cotton shirt ▪ Made from 100% cotton. 2.) a plant with white hairs on …
28cotton — n. & v. n. 1 a soft white fibrous substance covering the seeds of certain plants. 2 a (in full cotton plant) such a plant, esp. any of the genus Gossypium. b cotton plants cultivated as a crop for the fibre or the seeds. 3 thread or cloth made… …
29cotton — cot|ton1 [ katn ] noun uncount ** 1. ) cloth made from the white fibers of a plant called a cotton plant a ) only before noun made from cotton cloth: a flowered cotton dress 2. ) a plant grown in warm regions that has white fibers used for making …
30cotton — [[t]kɒ̱t(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ cottons, cottoning, cottoned 1) N MASS: oft N n Cotton is a type of cloth made from soft fibres from a particular plant. ...a cotton shirt. 2) N UNCOUNT Cotton is a plant which is grown in warm countries and which produces… …
