| 单词 | cottonseed |
| 释义 | cotton /kotˈn/noun
Made of cotton intransitive verbTo agree, to become friendly or attached ORIGIN: Fr coton, from Ar qutun cottonadeˈ noun An inferior cotton cloth cottonocˈracy noun The cotton planting or cotton manufacturing interests cottˈony adjective
cotton belt noun (sometimes with caps) the region in SE USA in which much cotton is produced cotton boll noun The pod of the cotton plant cotton bud noun A small stick with a piece of cotton wool on the end(s), used for cleaning small body orifices, etc cotton bush noun (Aust) Any of various downy-leaved shrubs used to feed cattle, etc cotton cake noun Cakes or pellets of compressed cottonseed, used as an animal feed cotton candy noun (N American) Candyfloss cotton gin noun A machine for separating the seeds from the fibre of cotton cotton grass noun A genus (Eriophorum) of sedges with long, silky or cottony hairs about the ripened ovary cotton mill noun A factory where cotton is spun or woven cottˈonmouth noun The venomous water mocassin snake (from the white inside of its mouth) 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
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
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 |
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