cottˈon-picking adjective (US sl; sometimes facetious)

Used as a relatively mild intensifier

cotton plant noun

One of various species of Gossypium (family Malvaceae), yielding cotton

cotton press noun

A press for compressing cotton into bales

cotton sedge noun (Can)

Cotton grass

cottˈonseed noun

The seed of the cotton plant, yielding a valuable oil

cotton spinner noun

A person who spins cotton, or employs those who do

cotton stainer noun

Any of a genus (Dysdercus) of small red hemipterous insects that puncture cotton bolls and stain the fibres

cottˈontail noun

Any of several species of rabbits of the genus Sylvilagus, the ordinary rabbit of the USA

cotton thistle noun

A strong thistle (Onopordum acanthium) covered with a cottony down

cotton tree noun

1. The American cottonwood
2. An Indian tree Bombax malabaricum
3. An Australian hibiscus

cotton waste noun

Refuse from cotton mills, used for cleaning machinery, etc

cottˈonweed noun

Cudweed, a cottony seaside composite plant (Diotis maritima)

cottˈonwood noun

Any one of several American species of poplar

cotton wool noun

1. Cotton in its raw or woolly state
2. Loose cotton pressed in a sheet as an absorbent or protective agent, for stuffing, etc
3. A protected, cushioned or cosseted state
4. Padding, waffle

cottˈon-worm noun

The caterpillar of an owlet moth (Aletia xylina), destructive to American cotton crops

cottony-cushion scale noun

A small scale insect (Icerya purchasi), a serious pest of citrus trees

cotton on (slang)

(sometimes with to) to catch on, understand

cotton on to (slang)

To take to