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Noun: cotton fibre
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: cotton fiber)
  1. Soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
    "The textile mill processes tons of cotton fibre daily"; "The textile mill processes tons of absorbent cotton fibre daily";
    - cotton, cotton fiber [US], cotton wool [Brit, Cdn], absorbent cotton [N. Amer]

Derived forms: cotton fibres

Type of: plant fiber [US], plant fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: cotton, cushioning, padding