cotton (plant, textile fiber); cotton wool; ellipsis of algodón de azúcar
“Platero es pequeño, peludo, suave; tan blando por fuera, que se diría todo de algodón, que no lleva huesos. Sólo los espejos de azabache de sus ojos son duros cual dos escarabajos de cristal negro.” — Platero is small, fluffy, soft; so soft on the outside that one would say he is all cotton, that he carries no bones. Only the jet-dark mirrors of his eyes are hard as two scarabs of black crystal.
Etymology tree Aramaic כִיתָנָא /כִיתָאנָא (kittānā)bor. Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ (kettānā)bor. Arabic قُطْن (quṭn) Andalusian Arabic قطن (quṭun)bor. Old Spanish algodon Spanish algodón Inherited from Old Spanish algodon, from Andalusian Arabic قطن (quṭun), from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).