cotton

1. Soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state (synset 114894229)
   is a type of: plant fiber, plant fibre - fiber derived from plants
   subtypes:

   • absorbent cotton - cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax
   • long-staple cotton - cotton with relatively long fibers
   • short-staple cotton - cotton with relatively short fibers
   substance meronym:

   • cotton - fabric woven from cotton fibers
   • cushioning, padding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
   same as: cotton fiber, cotton wool
2. Fabric woven from cotton fibers (synset 103119831)
   is a type of: cloth, fabric, material, textile - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
   subtypes: gauze, gauze bandage - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
   substance holonym: cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool - soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
3. Erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers (synset 112196466)
   is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   subtypes:

   • gossypium arboreum, tree cotton - East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms
   • gossypium barbadense, sea island cotton, tree cotton - 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
   • gossypium herbaceum, levant cotton - 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
   • gossypium hirsutum, upland cotton - native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton
   • gossypium peruvianum, peruvian cotton - cotton with long rough hairy fibers
   • egyptian cotton - fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt; believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton
   • arizona wild cotton, gossypium thurberi, wild cotton - shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico
   belongs to: genus gossypium, gossypium - herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton
   has: cottonseed - seed of cotton plants; source of cottonseed oil
   same as: cotton plant
4. Thread made of cotton fibers (synset 103119952)
   is a type of: thread, yarn - a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
   subtypes: lisle, lisle thread - a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)

1. Take a liking to (synset 201781028)
   "cotton to something"
   is a type of: like - find enjoyable or agreeable

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