cottonous

adj

cottonous

adj

Etymology From cotton + -ous.

1

Archaic Resembling cotton.

  • the fulus bears a thick Cottonous Substance1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

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