cottonseed

English

a cottonseed (Micropus californicus)

Alternative forms

• cotton-seed, cotton seed

Etymology

From cotton +‎ seed.

Noun

cottonseed (countable and uncountable, plural cottonseeds)

1. (uncountable, countable) Seed of the cotton plant.
2. (countable) Any member of the genus Micropus.

   Synonyms: cottonweed, cottontop

Derived terms

• cottonseed meal
• cottonseed oil
• cottonseed itch

Translations

seed of the cotton plant

• Arabic: حَبّ القُطْن (ḥabb al-quṭn)
• Azerbaijani: çiyid
• Chagatai: چگیت (çigit)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棉籽 (zh) (miánzǐ)

• Persian: پنبه‌دانه (panbe-dâne)
• Tajik: пунбадона (punbadona), чигит (čigit)
• Turkish: çiğit (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: چگیت (çiğit)

• Turkmen: çigit
• Uyghur: چىگىت (chigit)
• Uzbek: chigit (uz)