Kapas

Kapas (Latin: Gossypium hirsutum) adalah serat pokok nang tumbuh dalam bentuk bal ataw kapsul pelindung mengelilingi biji-biji tanaman kapas matan génus Gossypium. Tanaman ini semak asli daérah tropis wan subtropis di seluruh dunia. Serat ini paling rancak dipintal jadi benang atau wan dipakai gasan meulah kain nang lambut wan laik-hinak, nang merupakan kain serat alami nang paling banyak dijadiakan pakayan wayah naya. Ngaran Bahasa Inggris cotton asalnya matan Bahasa Arab قطن qutn, nang mulay dipakai kira-kira tahun 1400an. Kapas beisian kekuatan, daya tahan, wan daya serap nang unik tagal disukai urang. Kain nang diulah matan kapas (katun) sifatnya menghangatakan wayah dingin wan menyejukakan wayah panas (menyerap paluh).

 Rujukan wan bahan bacaan labih lanjut 
 The Thames and Hudson Manual of Dyes and Fabrics, Joyce Storey, 1978
 Photo documentation and commentary on collateral damage to the environment from cotton spraying

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 Cotton Incorporated - a cotton industry trade group
 New York Cotton Futures Prices  (30 Minute Delay)
 New York Board of Trade
 Cotton on the Net: The Cotton Market Directory
 USDA AMS - Market News Reports - Cotton Reports
 Commodity Futures & Financial Market Charts
 U.S. Department of Agriculture
 Cotton Council International 
 Cotton Foundation
 ACSA International Cotton Institute 
 The Supima Association
 American Cotton Shippers Association
 American Textile Manufactures Institute
 Cotton Incorporated
 International Cotton Advisory Committee 
 Cotton on the Net Home Page
 National Cotton Council News and Current Events
 The Land of Cotton News Magazine
 The Seam
 eCotton
 Plains Cotton Cooperative Association
 American Cotton Shippers Association
 Agricultural Marketing Service
 International Cotton Association 

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