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  2. Cotton - Wikipedia

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    Cotton (Arabic: قطن) 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 can contain minor percentages of waxes, fats, pectins, and water. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will ...

  3. Cotton production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Cotton production is a $21 billion-per-year industry in the United States, employing over 125,000 people in total, [1] as against growth of forty billion pounds a year from 77 million acres of land covering more than eighty countries. [3] The final estimate of U.S. cotton production in 2012 was 17.31 million bales, [4] with the corresponding ...

  4. History of cotton - Wikipedia

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    The history of cotton can be traced from its domestication, through the important role it played in the history of India, the British Empire, and the United States, to its continuing importance as a crop and commodity. The history of the domestication of cotton is very complex and is not known exactly. [1]

  5. Cotton recycling - Wikipedia

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    Cotton recycling is the process of converting cotton fabric into fibers that can be reused into other textile products. [1] Recycled cotton is primarily made from pre-consumer cotton which is excess textile waste from clothing production. [1] It is less commonly made from post-consumer cotton which is discarded textile waste from consumers such ...

  6. Gossypium - Wikipedia

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    Gossypium (/ ɡɒˈsɪpiəm /) [2] 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, [3] making it the largest genus in the tribe Gossypieae, and new species ...

  7. Gossypium hirsutum - Wikipedia

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    Gossypium hirsutum. Gossypium hirsutum, also known as upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the world. Globally, about 90% of all cotton production is of cultivars derived from this species. [2] In the United States, the world's largest exporter of cotton, it constitutes approximately 95% of all cotton ...

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