cotton stainer | a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton |
cotton strain | feeds primarily on cotton |
corn earworm cotton bollworm tomato fruitworm tobacco budworm vetchworm Heliothis zia | larva of a noctuid moth, highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops |
cotton mouse Peromyscus gossypinus | large dark mouse of southeastern United States |
cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus | destructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central America |
chamois cloth | a piece of chamois used for washing windows or cars |
cloth cap flat cap | a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak |
cloth covering | a covering made of cloth |
cotton | fabric woven from cotton fibers |
cotton | thread made of cotton fibers |
cotton flannel Canton flannel | a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side |
cotton gin gin | a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers |
cotton mill | a textile mill for making cotton textiles |
drop cloth | a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted |
drop curtain drop cloth drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
fabric cloth material textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
groundsheet ground cloth | a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture |
monk's cloth | a heavy cloth in basket weave |
piece of cloth piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
pilot cloth | a thick blue cloth used to make overcoats and coats for sailors etc |
sponge cloth | any soft porous fabric (especially in a loose honeycomb weave) |
suede cloth suede | a fabric made to resemble suede leather |
tea cloth | a small tablecloth |
terry terry cloth terrycloth | a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both sides, used to make bath towels and bath robes |
tray cloth | table linen consisting of a small cloth for a tray |
washcloth washrag flannel face cloth | bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body |
wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
cotton candy spun sugar candyfloss | a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature |
clergyman reverend man of the cloth | a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church |
groundsel tree groundsel bush consumption weed cotton-seed tree Baccharis halimifolia | a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies, fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts |
cotton rose cudweed filago | any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads |
cotton thistle woolly thistle Scotch thistle Onopordum acanthium Onopordon acanthium | biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers, naturalized in North America |
lavender cotton Santolina chamaecyparissus | branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers |
cotton grass cotton rush | any sedge of the genus Eriophorum, north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes |
common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium | having densely tufted white cottony or downlike glumes |
cotton cotton plant | erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers |
tree cotton Gossypium arboreum | East Indian shrub cultivated especially for ornament for its pale yellow to deep purple blossoms |
sea island cotton tree cotton Gossypium barbadense | small bushy tree grown on islands of the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States, yields cotton with unusually long silky fibers |
Levant cotton Gossypium herbaceum | Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short greyish lint removed with difficulty, considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons |
upland cotton Gossypium hirsutum | native tropical American plant now cultivated in the United States yielding short-staple cotton |
Peruvian cotton Gossypium peruvianum | cotton with long rough hairy fibers |
Egyptian cotton | fine somewhat brownish long-staple cotton grown in Egypt, believed to be derived from sea island cotton or by hybridization with Peruvian cotton |
wild cotton Arizona wild cotton Gossypium thurberi | shrub of southern Arizona and Mexico |
cotton rose Confederate rose Confederate rose mallow Hibiscus mutabilis | Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night, widely cultivated, naturalized in southeastern United States |
New Zealand cotton | a fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber |
cotton ball | a fungus disease of cranberries |
pina cloth | a fine cloth made from pineapple fibers |
absorbent cotton | cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax |
cottonseed cake cotton cake | the solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseeds |
emery cloth | cloth covered with powdered emery |