cottony

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Division of Plant Industry/Florida Department of Agriculture - A Icerya Purchasi, also known as a Cottony Cushion Scale, crawls on a limb.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2014

Icerya, or Fluted Scale, otherwise known as the Cottony Cushion-scale.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.

Stem: Cottony, to 3 ft. high, leafy to the top.

From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Blanchan, Neltje

Cottony white clouds drifted overhead; the sun was dimly visible.

From The Letter of the Contract by King, Basil

Cottony clouds stood, in a great castle, over the top of Arran, and blew out in long streamers to the south.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis