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Word List.(Glossary)
absorb to soak up a liquid
axis an imaginary straight line on which Earth spins
boll the soft, white part of the cotton plant that contains the cotton fibers and seeds
constellation a group of stars named to represent a person, an animal or an object
cotton gin a machine used to separate the cotton seeds from the white fibers of the cotton plant
cottonseed oil the substance inside the seed of a cotton plant that is used to make salad oil, soaps, and cosmetics
dye a substance used to color objects
- COTTON PLANT GROWS POLYESTER BLEND.(BUSINESS)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) November 12, 1996 700+ words
...Inserting a polyester gene into the cotton plant may allow farmers to grow a fiber that...polyesterlike substance can be inserted into the cotton plant and cause it to grow a fiber that has...industry'' by genetically engineering the cotton plant, said Maliyakal E. John, a ...
- Patent No.7,592,508 Issued on Sept. 22, Assigned to Temasek Life Sciences...
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News September 24, 2009 700+ words
...Singapore, have developed a method for producing a transgenic cotton plant. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,592...Office: "A method is disclosed for producing a transgenic cotton plant by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of petiole tissue...
- Many Things Come From the Cotton Plant.(Brief Article)
- Science Matters: Plants, Sounds, Seasons and Night Sky, a Weekly Reader publication January 1, 1993 700+ words
The boll is the part of the cotton plant that contains the cotton fibers and seeds. The cotton fibers are used to make cloth. The seeds contain oil. Cottonseed oil is...
- Dr. Steven E. Kelley, a Cotton Plant (Woodruff County) native, has been...
- Magazine article from: Arkansas Business December 8, 2008 700+ words
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr. Steven E. Kelley, a Cotton Plant (Woodruff County) native, has been featured in Baton Rouge Business Reports' annual "Forty Under 40" list. He is a practicing...
- On TV I heard about paper made out of something called "kenaf." Just what is...
- Magazine article from: Ranger Rick May 1, 1994 700+ words
...is a plant that grows super fast. In one season it can grow to be as tall as 20 feet (6 m). It's a relative of the cotton plant, and the fibers in kenaf are great for making paper. People are using kenaf to make paper in China, Thailand, and,Japan...
- Cotton Plant.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery Palmer, J. A.--Photographer January 1, 1934 700+ words
- O the cotton plant! the growing fields of rice, sugar, ...
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery Whitman, Walt,1819-1892--Author January 1, 1934 700+ words
- North Star Mutual Insurance Enhances Customer Service with Modernized...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 4, 2006 700+ words
...BLUE BELL, Pa. -- Minnesota-based North Star Mutual Insurance Company has completed...improving service for both independent North Star agents and customers. Key to the solution...deployment of Web-based applications. "North Star is proud of our award-winning customer...
Source: HighBeam Research, Word List.(Glossary)