Cotton gin
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A cotton gin—meaning "cotton engine"—is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The separated seed
Model of a 19th-century cotton gin on display at the Eli Whitney Museum in Hamden, Connecticut
Cotton before and after ginning.
A cotton boll. Each boll contains several dozen seeds.
An Indian woman ginning cotton c. 1815–20
Cottonseed oil
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Cottonseed oil is cooking oil from the seeds of cotton plants of various species, mainly Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium herbaceum, that are grown for cotton fiber, animal feed, and oil.
Cotton gin
…from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The separated seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil. Handheld roller gins had been used in the Indian subcontinent since around 500 A.D. and later in other regions. The Indian worm-gear roller gin was…
CSIRO Science Image 3443 Cottonseed Oil
Cotton seeds
Mississippi Cottonseed Oil Co. seed house, Jackson, Mississippi
A cotton oil mill in Shreveport, Louisiana, 1941