Cottonous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling cotton. archaic

    "the fulus bears a thick Cottonous Substance"

Synonyms

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cottonishcottonlikecottony

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"the fulus bears a thick Cottonous Substance"

Etymology

From cotton + -ous.

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