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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 narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" hears a low, dull sound--"such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in" this
Plant from which Eli Whitney's gin removed seeds
The Confederacy tried to pressure England & France for support using the threat of withholding this "white gold"
This crop is king in Greenwood, Mississippi, its "capital of the world"
Rayon got its name from "ray", an indication of its sheen, & "on", referring to this material it resembles
Accounting for half of all U.S. exports in 1855, this crop was "King"
Thread made of this fiber is often mercerized, giving it greater strength & affinity for dye
Bollgard is a genetically modified brand of this plant
The sea island variety of this textile crop was introduced from the Bahamas in 1786
The second African-American patent holder, Henry Blair got 2:for devices to plant corn & to plant this crop
Possible Dictionary Clues
erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
thread made of cotton fibers
fabric woven from cotton fibers
The fiber of any of these plants, used in making textiles and other products.
Informal To come to understand. Often used with to or onto: "The German bosses . . . never cottoned to such changes ( N.R. Kleinfield).
Informal To take a liking attempt to be friendly: a dog that didn't cotton to strangers an administration that will cotton up to the most repressive of regimes.
Any of various soft downy substances produced by other plants, as on the seeds of a cottonwood.
The crop of these plants.
Thread or cloth manufactured from the fiber of these plants.
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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