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COTTON [2 records]

Record 1 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Fibre Crops
  • Industrial Crops
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Any plant of the genus Gossypium characterized by an erect and freely branching habit, alternate lobed leaves, and large creamy white or yellow flowers ...

CONT

Cotton (Gossypium) ... and such garden ornamentals as hollyhock ... and rose of Sharon ... are familiar members of the Malvales.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes textiles
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Arbrisseau à feuilles palmatilobées et à grandes fleurs jaunes ou blanches, originaire des régions tropicales arides d'Amérique et d'Afrique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de plantas textiles
  • Cultivo de plantas industriales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Es una planta con raíces penetrantes de nutrición profunda. El tallo es erguido. Las flores son dialipétalas, con cuatro brácteas y estambres numerosos que envuelven el pistilo. [...] El fruto es una cápsula con tres a cinco carpelos, que tiene seis a diez semillas cada uno. Las células epidérmicas de las semillas constituyen la fibra llamada algodón.

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Record 2 2004-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cotton Industry
  • Fabric Nomenclature
DEF

[A fabric made] from the fibrous hairs covering the seed pads of the cotton plant ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Nomenclature des tissus
DEF

Étoffe que l'on fabrique avec [les] fibres textiles cellulosiques naturelles constituant les poils séminaux qui poussent à la surface des graines du cotonnier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria algodonera
  • Nomenclatura de los tejidos
DEF

Fibra natural obtenida a partir de plantas del género Gossipium, y que se utiliza para la fabricación de tejidos, cuerdas y celulosa.

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