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Cotton
Cotton, genus Gossypium, is one of the world's most important crops. A shrub native to tropical and subtrobical regions, the name comes from the Arabic al qutun. Cotton bolls comprise the cotton seed case which when opened and dried leave the fibers flat and twisted into ribbon-like interlocked shapes. Processed cotton fiber is is springy, strong, durable and absorbent.