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• cot|ton|wood — «KOT uhn WUD», noun. 1. a kind of American poplar tree with tufts that look like cotton on its small seeds: »But now, windbreaks of growing trees, especially of cottonwoods, shelter many of the homes on these same far flung plains (Fred W.… …   Useful english dictionary

• cot|ton|y — «KOT uh nee», adjective. 1. covered with a down or nap resembling cotton. 2. of cotton. 3. like cotton; soft; fluffy; downy: »cottony clouds …   Useful english dictionary

• cot·ton·wood — /ˈkɑːtn̩ˌwʊd/ noun, pl woods [count] : a type of tree that grows in the U.S. and has seeds that look like they are covered with cotton …   Useful english dictionary

• cotton — 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 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cottonwood — cot|ton|wood [ˈkɔtnwud US ˈka: ] n [U and C] a North American tree with seeds that look like white cotton …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cottonwood — cot|ton|wood [ katn,wud ] noun count or uncount a North American tree that has seeds covered with white fibers that look like cotton …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cotton — cot•ton [[t]ˈkɒt n[/t]] n. 1) bot 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) pln the… …   From formal English to slang

• cottony — cot•ton•y [[t]ˈkɒt n i[/t]] adj. 1) of or like cotton; soft 2) covered with a down or nap resembling cotton • Etymology: 1570–80 …   From formal English to slang

• lu — ab·lu·tion; ab·so·lu·tion; acel·lu·lar; ace·to·to·lu·i·dide; ac·o·lu·thic; ad·i·po·cel·lu·lose; ad·lu·mia; ad·lu·mi·dine; ad·lu·mine; ad·vo·lu·tion; ae·lu·roid; ae·lu·roi·dea; ae·lu·rop·o·dous; ae·lu·ro·pus; ae·lu·rus; ai·lu·roi·dea;… …   English syllables

• Cottony — Cot ton*y ( ?), a. 1. Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English