[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flannel \flan"nel\ fla^n"ne^l, n. f. flanelle, cf. of.
   flaine a pillowcase, a mattress ?; fr. w. gwlanen flannel,
   fr. gwlan wool; prob. akin to e. wool. cf. wool.
   1. a soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a cotton fabric with a thick nap on one side, resembling
      flannel1; it is used, e. g. for underwear or sheets;
      also called flanellette.
      pjc

   3. pl. garments made of flannel, especially underwear.
      pjc

   4. a washcloth. brit.
      pjc

   5. humbug; nonsensical or evasive talk. brit. informal
      pjc

   6. insincere flattery or praise. brit. informal
      pjc

   adam's flannel. bot. see under adam.

   canton flannel, cotton flannel. see cotton flannel,
      under cotton.
      1913 webster flannelbush
see also:
wool flanellette adam's flannel adam canton flannel cotton flannel 
cotton 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cotton \cot"ton\ ko^t"t'n, n. f. coton, sp. algodon the
   cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr.
   ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. cf. acton, hacqueton.
   1. a soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting
      of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds
      of the cotton plant. long-staple cotton has a fiber
      sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two
      thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
      1913 webster

   2. the cotton plant. see cotten plant, below.
      1913 webster

   3. cloth made of cotton.
      1913 webster

   note: cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a
         sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton
         bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry;
         cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick.
         1913 webster

   cotton cambric. see cambric, n., 2.

   cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton
      fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. in england it
      is called swan's-down cotton, or canton flannel.

   cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton,
      invented by eli whitney.

   cotton grass bot., a genus of plants eriphorum of the
      sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles
      surrounding the fruit seedlike achenia, which elongate
      at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton.

   cotton mouse zool., a field mouse hesperomys
      gossypinus, injurious to cotton crops.

   cotton plant bot., a plant of the genus gossypium, of
      several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing
      the cotton of commerce. the common species, originally
      asiatic, is gossypium herbaceum.

   cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton
      bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a
      press for baling cotton.

   cotton rose bot., a genus of composite herbs filago,
      covered with a white substance resembling cotton.

   cotton scale zool., a species of bark louse pulvinaria
      innumerabilis, which does great damage to the cotton
      plant.

   cotton shrub. same as cotton plant.

   cotton stainer zool., a species of hemipterous insect
      dysdercus suturellus, which seriously damages growing
      cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug.

   cotton thistle bot., the scotch thistle. see under
      thistle.

   cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both
      of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made
      wholly of cotton.

   cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills.

   cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state.

   cotton worm zool., a lepidopterous insect aletia
      argillacea, which in the larval state does great damage
      to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. it also feeds on
      corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and
      southern army worm.
      1913 webster
see also:
acton hacqueton cotten plant cotton cambric cambric cotton flannel 
swan's-down cotton canton flannel cotton gin cotton grass eriphorum 
cotton mouse hesperomys gossypinus cotton plant gossypium gossypium herbaceum 
cotton press cotton rose filago cotton scale pulvinaria innumerabilis 
cotton shrub cotton stainer dysdercus suturellus redbug cotton thistle 
thistle cotton velvet cotton waste cotton wool cotton worm 
aletia argillacea corn worm southern army worm 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canton flannel \can"ton flan"nel\
   see cotton flannel.
   1913 webster
see also:
cotton flannel 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

canton flannel
     n : a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side syn: cotton
         flannel
see also:
cotton flannel 

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