Hypernyms for "cotton"
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absorbent cotton
Arizona wild cotton
Egyptian cotton
gauze
gauze bandage
Gossypium arboreum
Gossypium barbadense
Gossypium herbaceum
Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium peruvianum
Gossypium thurberi
Levant cotton
lisle
lisle thread
long-staple cotton
Peruvian cotton
sea island cotton
short-staple cotton
tree cotton
upland cotton
wild cotton
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.