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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
An 1855 book was called this cash crop "is King; or, the Economical Relations of Slavery"
The seal of Memphis shows a steamboat & this fiber plant
It was a pillar of the South's economy: in 1860 the U.S. produced 4 1/2 million bales of it
By the end of Reconstruction, production of this "king" crop in the South was nearly equal to pre-war levels
Savannah's antebellum Green-Meldrim House was built for a wealthy dealer in this "king"ly crop
This crop is "king" in the country's agricultural economy
Memphis has the largest trading market for this plant fiber, with nearly half the U.S. crop going through the city.
Mali is the largest African producer of this plant fiber crop, its chief export
In 1855 it was reported that this crop amounted to half of all U.S. exports
Central Alabama's Black Belt is famous for growing this fiber that was once "king"
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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