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棉: cotton plant

cotton plant
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Readings

On
メン
Kun
わた

Variant of 綿 for the cotton plant; modern writing nearly always uses 綿 (めん, わた).

Key words

棉花めんかcotton (plant, fiber)
棉実めんじつcottonseed
棉実油めんじつゆcottonseed oil
木棉もめんcotton cloth

Example sentences

The field is full of cotton ripening white, swaying in the autumn wind.

Cottonseed oil is sometimes used as one of the raw ingredients of salad oil.

The cotton cloth my grandmother wove is sturdy and soft to the touch.

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