Part 2475

<blockquote><b>Cottomary</b> and woolly pillows. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cottonous</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"ton*ous</hw> <tt>(-?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling cotton.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Cottontail</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"ton*tail`</hw> <tt>(k?t"t'n-t?l`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The American wood rabbit (<spn>Lepus sylvaticus</spn>); -- also called <altname>Molly cottontail</altname>.</def>

<h1>Cottonweed</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"ton*weed`</hw> <tt>(-w?d`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cudweed</er>.</def>

<h1>Cottonwood</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"ton*wood`</hw> <tt>(-w??d`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An American tree of the genus <spn>Populus</spn> or polar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the <spn>P. monilifera</spn> and <spn>P. angustifolia</spn> of the Western United States.</def>

<h1>Cottony</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"ton*y</hw> <tt>(-?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.</def>

<h1>Cottrel</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot"trel</hw> <tt>(k?t"tr?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Cotyla kt-l, Cotyle</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw><hw>Cot"y*la</hw> <tt>(k?t"?-l?)</tt>, <hw>Cot"y*le</hw> <tt>(k?t"?-l?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ anything hollow, cup of a joint, small meassure: cf. L. <ets>cotyla</ets> a measure.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A cuplike cavity or organ. Same as <er>Acetabulum</er>.</def>

<h1>Cotyledon</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot`y*le"don</hw> <tt>(k?t`?-l?"d?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr.<?/<?/<?/ a cupshaped hollow, fr. <?/<?/<?/. See <er>Cotyle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf.</def>

<note>&hand; Many plants, as the bean and the maple, have two cotyledons, the grasses only one, and pines have several. In one African plant (<spn>Welwitschia</spn>) the cotyledons are permanent and grow to immense proportions.</note>

<h1>Cotyledonal</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot`y*led"on*al</hw> <tt>(k?t`?-l?d"?n-a]/>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon.</def>

<h1>Cotyledonary</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot`y*led"on*a*ry</hw> <tt>(-?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a cotyledon; tufted; <as>as, the <ex>cotyledonary</ex> placenta of the cow</as>.</def>

<h1>Cotyledonous</h1> <Xpage=330>

<hw>Cot`y*led"on*ous</hw> <tt>(-?s; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe.</def>