Cotton

Cotton (from Arabic qutn) is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose and may contain minor percentages of waxes, fats, pectins, and water. Under natural conditions, cotton bolls facilitate the dispersal of the seeds.

Gossypium () is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds. There are about 50 Gossypium species, making it the largest genus in the tribe Gossypieae, and new species continue to be discovered. The name of the genus is derived from the Arabic word goz, which refers to a soft substance.

Nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, pyroxylin and flash string, depending on form) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid.

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thumb|upright=1.2|Denim fabric dyed with indigo thumb|right|upright=1.2|Denim fabric dyed with indigo and black dyes and made into a shirt

small wad of cotton wrapped around one or both ends of a short rod

cotton fibres refined into a fluffy absorbant

cooking oil extracted from the seeds of cotton plants of various species, mainly Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium herbaceum

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thumb|right|Mercerized cotton yarn reels thumb|right|Spool of a two-ply mercerized cotton thread with a polyester core.

material applied to fabrics, bedding, furniture, plastics, etc. to reduce their flammability

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Gossypol () is a natural phenol derived from the cotton plant (genus Gossypium). Gossypol is a phenolic aldehyde that permeates cells and acts as an inhibitor for several dehydrogenase enzymes. It is a yellow pigment. The structure exhibits atropisomerism, with the two enantiomers having different biochemical properties.

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Duroplast is a composite thermosetting resin plastic developed by engineer Wolfgang Barthel in 1953 in the German Democratic Republic. Its production method places it in a similar family as Formica and Bakelite. It is reinforced with fibers (typically waste fabrics from the garment industry) making it a fiber-reinforced plastic similar to fiberglass.

pads of cotton used for sanitary applications

cultural region of the United States

right|thumb|150px|Madapollam's linen weave pattern.

chemical compound

cotton from non-genetically modified plants, and without the use of any synthetic agricultural chemicals such as fertilizers or pesticides

Genetically modified variety of cotton

thumb|right|180px|A 1948 advertisement for sanforized cotton fabric Sanforization is a treatment for fabrics to reduce shrinkage from washing. The process was patented by Sanford Lockwood Cluett (1874–1968) in 1930. It works by stretching, shrinking, and fixing the woven cloth in both length and width before cutting and producing, to reduce the shrinkage which would otherwise occur after washing. The original patent mentioned "goods of cotton, linen, woolen, silk, rayon, and combinations thereof".

thumb|Cottonseed: brown seeds are wikt:en:gin#Verb|ginned from the fiber boll; white seeds are still wrapped in [[cotton linters]]

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Bavovna (, , ) is a Ukrainian word and internet meme that originated during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, humorously used to refer to explosions, both those in Russian-occupied Ukraine and those in Russia itself.

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linen and cotton textile from France

fine, 2-ply yarn of combed long-staple mercerized cotton