A plant genus of the family MALVACEAE. It is the source of COTTON FIBER; COTTONSEED OIL, which is used for cooking, and GOSSYPOL. The economically important cotton crop is a major user of agricultural PESTICIDES.
    

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Textiles: men working at large fabric printing machines. Engraving.

Textiles: spinning machines and parts of a cotton plant. Engraving by D.Lizars.

Crimean War, England: receiving lint to be sent to Scutari. Wood engraving by LEA. W.

Cotton plant (Gossypium species): flowering stem. Watercolour by J.E.F.

Textiles: a weaving loom (above), with two shuttles and the upper frame (below). Engraving by A. Bell.

Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.

Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.

Textiles: an automatic spinning machine for cotton. Engraving by J. Scott after W. Ross.

Textiles: women and children working at large cotton manufacturing machines. Engraving.

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Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.

Textiles: a steam-driven baling machine for cotton. Engraving.

Textiles: an automatic spinning machine for cotton. Engraving by J. Scott after W. Ross.

Textiles: spinning machines and parts of a cotton plant. Engraving by D.Lizars.

Textiles: women and children working at large cotton manufacturing machines. Engraving.