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Explain how we get cotton fibres from the cotton plant.

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Cotton fibre comes from cotton plants grown in fields by farmers. The cotton crop is usually grown in places that have black soil and a warm climate.
Cotton fibre grows in the seed pod or boll of the cotton plant. The cotton bolls are of the size of lemons. After maturing, the cotton bolls burst open to produce cotton seeds covered with white, soft cotton fibres. Each fibre is a single elongated cell that is flat, twisted and ribbon-like with a wide inner hollow.

A field of cotton plants that are ready for picking cotton looks like a ground covered with snow as all the plants have white cotton fibres on top.

The cotton fibre picked up from the fields (usually by hand) has cotton seeds in them. The raw fibres are separated from the seeds by a process known as ginning. Today, it is done on a machine, but traditionally, it was done by hand by using a comb-like device.

Cotton is used to make clothes and other products such as towels , carpets and sheets. Clothes made out of cotton are light and comfortable.

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