Yes cotton flower becomes a fruit like any other fruiting/ flowering plant.
click on the link below to see a cotton flower =
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2670186/2/istockphoto_2670186_cotton_flower_gossypium_barbad ense.jpg
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/B1252-graphics/B1252-16.jpg
Later on , after fertilization , the flower turns in to a fruit and that fruit CONTAINS in side the seeds .
Cotton fibers are the cellulose outgrowths / hair on the seed surface.
Click on the links below to see fruit , seeds and cotton fibers ==
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3220448/2/istockphoto_3220448_cotton_fruit.jpg
http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/images/Gossypium/Gossypiumbole.jpg
http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/images/Gossypium/Gossypiumcapsule.jpg
http://www.ferdinando.org.uk/images/cotton%20seed%20and%20fibre.jpg
Cotton life cycle ==
http://newbern.cpclib.org/images/NBCCjpg/nb29.jpg
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