"cotton-wooly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cotton-wooly [comparative], most cotton-wooly [superlative]
Etymology: cotton wool + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cotton wool|y}} cotton wool + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} cotton-wooly (comparative more cotton-wooly, superlative most cotton-wooly)
  1. reminiscent of cotton wool Synonyms: cotton-woolish
    Sense id: en-cotton-wooly-en-adj-HQ7Kf3QQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

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