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Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).
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Why does some clothing shrink in the wash?
Learn why cotton fabric shrinks.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Sam74100/Dreamstime.com

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cotton plant
Close-up of a cotton plant.
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carding machine
Close-up of a carding machine at a textile mill.
© Yongnian Gui/Dreamstime.com
cotton spinning
Rotor spinning machines at a coarse cotton factory.
© Voy-ager/Fotolia
cotton
Ripe cotton (Gossypium species), ready for harvesting.
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cotton crop
Cotton crop in Africa ready for harvest.
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combine harvesting cotton
Combine harvesting cotton in Alabama.
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Leme, Brazil: cotton picking
A fieldworker picking cotton in Leme, São Paulo state, Brazil.
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boll weevil
Boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis).
Harry Rogers
corn earworm
Corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea).
ARS/USDA
Cotton field
Cotton field near Coolidge, Ariz.
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cotton boll
Cotton boll (Gossypium hirsutum).
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Baker, Ray Stannard: cotton farm photograph
Cotton farm photographed by Ray Stannard Baker.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Cotton harvest near Parakou, Benin
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Hine, Lewis: cotton mill photograph
Cotton mill in Roanoke, Va., photograph by Lewis Hine, 1911.
National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (neg. no. LC-DIG-nclc-02155)
Tupelo, Miss., U.S.: cotton mill
Cotton mill in Tupelo, Miss., U.S., 1911; photograph by Lewis Hine.
National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-DIG-nclc-02049)
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).
Rod Heinrichs/Grant Heilman Photography
Baker, Ray Stannard: cotton-processing building photograph
Cotton-processing building, photograph by Ray Stannard Baker.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Weaving room of a cotton mill in Augusta,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
automatic spinning mule cotton manufacture
Cotton manufacture c. 1830 using an automatic spinning mule of the type devised by...
Wellcome Library, London
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