כַּרְפַּס (karpaş) — cotton

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Sense 1: cotton

Semantic domains: Plants (001003001)

Definition: = an annual plant, which grows to 2 meters in height, with soft, lobed leaves and mallow-like flowers, which are yellow with a purple center; when the flower matures, the boll underneath puffs out and eventually splits, revealing a mass of fine white filaments that we know as “cotton wool;” ◄ Gossypium herbaceum; ► used for making cloth

Further resources: Flora:5.1.6

Show passage in OET: EST 1:6

OET-RV EST 1:6

6 There were white and blue curtains hanging from white and purple cords attached to silver rings on marble pillars. The guests reclined on gold and silver couches set on a mosaic floor made of red and white marble, mother-of-pearl and other expensive stones.

OET-LV EST 1:6

6 White _cloth cotton and_violet _material was_held with_cords _of fine _linen and_purple on rods _of silver and_pillars _of marble couches _of gold and_silver were_on a _pavement _of porphyry and_marble and_mother-of-pearl and_paving _stone.

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כַּרְפַּס

Form 1

Sense 1: cotton