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The answer COTTON has 176 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.

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Definitions of cotton in various dictionaries:

noun - soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

noun - fabric woven from cotton fibers

noun - erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers

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Possible Jeopardy Clues
The soft white fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family
When the market for this crop bottomed out in the 1870s, central Floridian farmers began growing oranges
Over half the value of U.S. exports from 1815-1860 came from this crop
In the 400s B.C. Herodotus told the Greeks that India had plants that bear fleece--he meant this
An 1855 book subtitled "The Economical Relations of Slavery" was titled this "Is King"
On Tajikistan's flag, the white stripe is symbolic of this plant used in fabrics
During the 1800s the growing of sugar & this fiber became big business in Louisiana
For 100 years until the Great Depression, this crop was the undisputed king of Mississippi's agrarian economy
Calico,denim,Q-Tip tips
U.S. dollar bills are 25% linen & 75% this fiber
Possible Dictionary Clues
Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Gossypium, having showy flowers and grown for the soft white downy fibers surrounding oil-rich seeds.
Geographic Matches
Cotton, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES
Cotton, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
Cotton, ALABAMA, UNITED STATES
Cotton, I9, UNITED KINGDOM
Cotton, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES
Cotton, L6, UNITED KINGDOM
Cotton, WEST VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES
Cotton, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
Cotton, IDAHO, UNITED STATES
Cotton description
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds.
* The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, Egypt and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed by Australia and Africa. Cotton was independently domesticated in the Old and New Worlds.
* The fiber is most often spun into yarn or thread and used to make a soft, breathable textile. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times; fragments of cotton fabric dated to the fifth millennium BC have been found in the Indus Valley Civilization.
* Although cultivated since antiquity, it was the invention of the cotton gin that lowered the cost of production that led to its widespre
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