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bomba-, bomb-
(Greek > Latin: bambacium, "cotton fabric"; from bombax, "cotton"; from Latin, bombyx, "silk, silkworm"; from Greek, bombux, "silkworm")
Word Entries containing the term: “cotton”
absorbent cotton (s) (noun), absorbent cottons (pl)
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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Word Entries at Get Words: “cotton”
cotton (s) (noun) (no pl)
1. A plant of the genus Gossypium, grown in warm countries: The soft white downy fibers of the cotton plant are mainly used to make textiles.

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.
2. Etymology: from the Arab word "qutun".

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