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Cot-ton (kot'n) n.
1.Any of various plants or shrubs of the genus Gossypium, cultivated in warm climates for the fiber surrounding their seeds.
2.The soft, white, downy fiber surrounding the cotton seed, used for making textiles.
3.Other products pertaining to or made from Cotton. |
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Fab-ric (fab'rik) n.
1.Any material structure consisting of connected parts; a fabrication or framework.
2.Any cloth produced by joining fibers as by knitting, weaving, or felting; the texture or quality of such cloth.
3.A structure consisting of human relations or of relations between ideas, expressions, emotions or the like. [Old French: fabrique, from the Latin fabrica meaning workshop or trade.] |
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Lin-en (lin'en) n.
1.Thread made from fibers of the Flax plant.
2.Cloth woven from this thread.
3.Garments or articles made form this cloth for from similar material. [Middle English linen, Old English linnen, literally made of flax. |
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Nat-u-ral (nach'rel) adj.
1.Present in or produced by nature; not artificial or man made.
2. Free from affectation or artificiality.
3.Not altered, treated or disguised; natural coloring. [Middle English and Old French, from Latin naturalis meaning nature. |
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Pol-y-es-ter (pol'e-es'ter) n.
1.Any of numerous synthetic resins produced by reaction of diabasic acid with dihydric alcohol. 2.The light, strong and weather resistant thread or cloth manufactured from Polyester resin.
3.Of pertaining to or made from Polyester. |
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Ray-on (ra'on) n.
1.Any of several similar synthetic textile fibers produced by forcing a cellulose solution through fine spinnerets and solidifying the resulting filaments.
2.Any fabric woven or knit from such fibers. [From Ray (light).] |
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Silk (silk) n.
1.The fine, lustrous fiber produced by certain insect larvae and spiders; especially that produced by a silk worm to form its cocoon.
2.Thread or fabric made from this fiber.
3.A garment made from this fabric. [Middle English selk, probably from Old Slavic selku, from the Greek seres and the Chinese ssu, originally meaning the silk people. |
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Wool (wool) n.
1.The dense, soft often curly hair forming the coat of sheep and certain other mammals, valued as a textile fabric.
2.A material or garment made of wool. [From the Old English wull.] |
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