[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium,of the mallow family mallow family,used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.", "the plant itself, having spreading branches and broad, lobed leaves.", "such plants collectively as a cultivated crop.", "cloth, thread, a garment, etc., of cotton.", "any soft, downy substance resembling cotton, but growing on other plants."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Informal.to get along; to agree (usually in the negative and followed bywith):She didn't cotton with hypocrites.I don't cotton with conventional wisdom on this.", "Obsolete.to prosper or succeed."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb phrase", "List Items": ["Informal.to come to a full understanding of; grasp or realize:Once you cotton on to this principle, you see examples of it everywhere.Eventually both sets of parents cottoned on to the fact that the kids were lying about “studying” together.to become fond of; begin to like:I cottoned to the new girl right away when I saw she knew how to muck out a stall.to approve of; agree with:Some organic gardeners freeze the insects in a container and then put them out for the birds, but your kids may not cotton to this idea.", "to come to a full understanding of; grasp or realize:Once you cotton on to this principle, you see examples of it everywhere.Eventually both sets of parents cottoned on to the fact that the kids were lying about “studying” together.", "to become fond of; begin to like:I cottoned to the new girl right away when I saw she knew how to muck out a stall.", "to approve of; agree with:Some organic gardeners freeze the insects in a container and then put them out for the birds, but your kids may not cotton to this idea."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["John,1584–1652,U.S. clergyman, colonist, and author (grandfather of Cotton Mather)."]}]