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devil's cotton

devil's cotton noun: an Southeast Asian plant, Abroma augustum, which is used to make fiber.

Noun

devil's cotton (countable and uncountable, plural devil's cottons)

  1. An Southeast Asian plant, Abroma augustum, which is used to make fiber.
  2. (uncountable) Fiber yielded by this plant, or textiles made from it.

Forms of devil's cotton

pluraldevil's cottons

Questions about devil's cotton

What does devil's cotton mean?
Devil's cotton means an Southeast Asian plant, Abroma augustum, which is used to make fiber.
What part of speech is devil's cotton?
Devil's cotton is a noun.
What is the plural of devil's cotton?
The plural of devil's cotton is devil's cottons.

Words near devil's cotton in the dictionary

  1. devil's coach-horse
  2. devil's coach-horses
  3. devil's coachhorse
  4. devil's corkscrew
  5. devil's corkscrews
  6. devil's cotton
  7. devil's cream
  8. devil's cucumber
  9. devil's cut
  10. devil's dandruff
  11. devil's darning needle

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