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(Greek > Latin: bambacium, "cotton fabric"; from bombax, "cotton"; from Latin, bombyx, "silk, silkworm"; from Greek, bombux, "silkworm")
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Cloth material that comes from certain plants that is used in surgical dressings and for other medicinal or cosmetic purposes: The absorbent cotton is always sterilized before it arrives at the hospital and when used during surgery.
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cotton
Derived from the Arab word qutun.
The Arabs played a very extensive role in the cotton trade and so the word for cotton came from the Arab traders into the European vocabulary.
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English Words from Arabic origins
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