The soft white fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family
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Cotton to | Define Cotton to at Dictionary.com  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, used in...
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Cotton - WordReference.com Dictionary of English  Plant Biology[uncountable] the plant itself, having spreading branches and broad, ... Botanya 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,...
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cotton - Museum of Arts and Design Collection Database  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, used in...
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Cotton plants - definition of cotton plants by The Free Dictionary  1. 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, used in...
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Cotton test - definition of cotton test by The Free Dictionary  1. 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, used in...
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THE PLANT - Cotton's Journey  Up to that time, for centuries, the separation process had all been done by hand. ... the Rust Brothers of Mississippi used a one row mechanical cotton picker (a machine .... When the cotton plant is in it's seedling stage, it is very susceptible to soil borne .... The cotton gin is where cotton fiber is separated from the cotton seed.
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Hand spinning - Wikipedia  Spinning is an ancient textile art in which plant, animal or synthetic fibres are drawn out and ... The distaff was used for holding the bunch of wool, flax, or other fibres. ... In medival times, poor families had such a need for yarn to make their own ... that practically all girls and unmarried women would keep busy spinning, and...
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Wool is the most commonly used animal fiber. The fiber is obtained ...  Cloth made from wool includes cashmere, camel's hair, alpaca, ... Silk, another common animal fiber, was once quite popular, but ... Another common plant fiber is linen, which comes from the flax plant ... Today there is a wide variety of synthetic fibers; all have trade ... The first step in identifying a fibre is to determine its type.
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Common Milkweed and its Natural Remedies - Old Farmer's Almanac  Inside the plant is a sticky white sap that contains a mild poison; its bitter taste ... The fluffy white floss, attached to milkweed's flat brown seeds, could be used to stuff ... During World War II, the regular material used to stuff life jackets was in short supply, so .... milk weed as kids we put the white sap from the stem when we bro.
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Agricultural Production of Cotton - Cotton Incorporated  After the plant flowers, the cotton fibers (lint) develop on the seed in the boll in three ... the plants are defoliated to prevent foliage from interfering with mechanical harvesting. Approximately 85% of the total U.S. crop is machine picked and the ... This is accomplished with revolving spindles which pluck the fiber out of the boll.
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Plant - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Plants and their beautiful flowers, trees, Flowers and Plants list and definition by Ray Sahelian, M.D. ... seed comes with its own "parachute" The floss of this weed, named for the white liquid in its stems, was used in lifebelts in World War II
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Fru1ts & Vegetab1es Flashcards | Quizlet  FRUITS & VEGETABLES $1600: Coir, named from the Tamil for "cord", is a rope fiber made from the husks of these palm fruits. coconuts.
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Hessian fabric - Wikipedia  Hessian /hsi.n/, Burlap in America and Canada, or Crocus in Jamaica is a woven fabric usually made from skin of the jute plant or sisal fibres, which may be combined with other vegetable fibres to make rope, nets, and similar products. Gunny cloth is similar in texture and construction. ... simply as jute as an eco-friendly material for bags, rugs and other products.
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Wind Dispersal Of Seeds - Wayne's Word  The pollen grain (and pollen tube) come from the "male" organs (called ... This article concerns one of the most remarkable of all seed dispersal ... They become airborne when released from their fruit and sail through the air like a true glider. .... with seed pods (follicles) and parachute seeds similar to those of milkweeds.
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kapok English definition/translation - seadict.com  A silky fiber obtained from the fruit of the silk-cotton tree and used for insulation and ... Sometimes called silk cotton or Java cotton, this moisture-resistant, ... Kapok is also used to stuff pillows, mattresses, and upholstery, as insulation, and as a ... the chief source is Ceiba pentandra, the kapok (or silk-cotton) tree, cultivated in...
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Rope - Wikipedia  A rope is a group of yarns, plies, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and ... Common natural fibres for rope are manila hemp, hemp, feathers, linen, cotton, coir, jute, straw, and sisal. ... Impressions of cordage found on fired clay provide evidence of string and rope-making technology in Europe dating...
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Fashion Merchandising Textile - Section 1.1B  The United States imports linen fibers, yarns, fabrics, and completed garments, ... Before cotton was available in Western Europe, linen was used extensively in ... through the breakdown of the materials that bind the fibers into the plant stems. ... Although fairly soft fabrics can be made from very fine yarns, generally linen...
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100+ words for 'quilting-cotton' - Reverse Dictionary  cotton wool cotton gin calico batting madras muslin denim lint fustian thread ... fly mohair barathea Turkey red crepe plantation scrim sea-island cotton Q-tip bafta ... swansdown bengaline tape scribble tree cotton swab Qtips corn earworm...
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Identifying 50 major plant families  family. Some members of the former Araliaceae have berries, simple umbels, and ... Seeds often with tufts of hairs at one end (D) ... duckweeds (Lemna, Wolffia), and many cultivated plants (Monstera, .... Inflorescence a terminal spike, .... Page 25 .... Examples: iris (Iris), gladiolus (Gladiolus), freesia (Freesia), crocus, saffron.
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Synthetic fibers for reinforced speciality paper. PP + PE fibers - Swicofil  HDPE, LLDPE and PP fibers for mixing with pulp to produce paper with special ... 99% water or more, is pumped into the head box of the paper machine. ... The cellulose fibers, trapped on the wire as the water drains away, adhere to one ... "felt") in the press section, where rollers squeeze out much of the remaining water.
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jeopardy/1076_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  STATE TREES | The nuts of its state tree, the Kukui, are strung together to make ... the Middle Dutch for "little barrel", it's another way of saying yokel or hayseed |...