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absorbent cotton definition

☆ absorbent cotton

raw cotton made absorbent by the removal of its wax: used for surgical dressings, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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