…a soft white fibrous substance which surrounds the seeds of the cotton plant and is made into textile fibre and thread for sewing…
…a small wad of cotton wool on a short, thin stick, used for cosmetic purposes or cleaning the ears…
…a short-tailed rat found in grassland and scrub from North America to Guyana…
…fluffy wadding of a kind originally made from raw cotton, used for cleaning the skin or bathing wounds…
…a sedge which typically grows on wet moorlands in the northern hemisphere, producing tufts of long white silky hairs which aid in the dispersal of the seeds…
…any of the states of the southern US of which cotton is or was a major product…
…scraps of waste cotton yarn, used typically to clean machinery…
…(1663–1728), American minister and writer; son of Increase Mather. Noted for his political writings, he sponsored the Massachusetts charter in 1691 and is thought to have influenced the events that led to the Salem witch trials in 1692…
…cotton of a type grown in the US, which typically yields medium- and short-stapled forms of cotton…
…a small aromatic shrubby plant of the daisy family, with silvery or greenish lavender-like foliage and yellow button flowers. Native to the Mediterranean area, it has insecticidal properties…
…the larva of a migratory tropical moth which feeds on the leaves of the cotton plant and was formerly a major pest in North America…
…a dark sea cucumber of shallow seas which ejects long sticky threads from the anus when disturbed…
…a North American bug which feeds on cotton bolls, causing reddish staining of the fibres…
…a fine-quality long-stapled cotton grown on islands off the southern US…
…be overprotective towards someone…
…used as an expression of endearment…
…the tropical and subtropical plant which is commercially grown to make cotton fabric and thread. Oil and a protein-rich flour are also obtained from the seeds…
…a large, dangerous semiaquatic pit viper which inhabits lowland swamps and waterways of the south-eastern US. When threatening it opens its mouth wide to display the white interior…
…an American rabbit which has a speckled brownish coat and a white underside to the tail…
…used in names of plants similar to lavender, e.g. cotton lavender, sea lavender…
…a plant of the thistle type as the Scottish national emblem…
…a tree which produces silk cotton…
