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1. Soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
   - cotton fiber [US], cotton wool [Brit, Cdn], cotton fibre [Brit, Cdn], absorbent cotton [N. Amer]
    
2. Fabric woven from cotton fibers
    
3. Erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
   - cotton plant
    
4. Thread made of cotton fibers

1. Take a liking to
   "cotton to something"

Derived forms: cottoning, cottons, cottoned

Type of: bush, cloth, fabric, like, material, plant fiber [US], plant fibre [Brit, Cdn], shrub, textile, thread, yarn

Part of: cushioning, genus Gossypium, Gossypium, padding

Encyclopedia: Cotton, Georgia Cotton, John Cotton Cotton, Ann Cotton, Suffolk Cotton, West Virginia Cotton, Minnesota Cotton, Staffordshire