silk cotton

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noun

the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.

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Origin of silk cotton

First recorded in 1690–1700

Words nearby silk cotton

silique, siliquose, siliquose cataract, silk, silkaline, silk cotton, silk-cotton tree, silken, silk gland, silk hat, silkie

How to use silk cotton in a sentence

Tom Cotton credits Harvard as the place where he “discovered political philosophy as a way of life.”
Harvard’s Conservative Cabal Takes Congress|Patricia Murphy|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With a pop of color and fun print, this cotton pair is not at all stuffy.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Don Draper in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
May we suggest Friendly Fox, a crotched animal made from 100-percent cotton.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Blue Ivy in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Poking out of the shiny gold pages is a “distinctive silk marker”—also gold—which “complements the color of the leather.”
Rand Paul’s Many Leather-Bound Books|Olivia Nuzzi|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Sometimes I wear my silk pyjamas when I am going for a walk in the mornings, does that make me eccentric?
The Death of the English Eccentric|Tom Sykes|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
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He urged the growing of mulberry trees and the propagation of silk worms, as being of more value than tobacco.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
She had been properly dressed for the occasion in black tulle and black silk tights.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
This would in any event have depressed prices of cotton, even under ordinary conditions.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Cotton exchanges reopened on November 16, and stock exchanges opened for restricted trading shortly thereafter.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips

British Dictionary definitions for silk cotton

silk cotton

noun

another name for kapok

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