cottonseed

Source of linters

Cottonseed is the seed of the cotton plant, a byproduct of cotton fiber production.

The seeds are processed into cottonseed oil for cooking and food manufacturing, while the remaining meal serves as livestock feed.

Cottonseed oil is common in processed foods and frying.

agricultural

boll

Plant seed pod

harvestGathering mature crops
plantingPlacing seeds in earth
ginningProcessing raw cotton

lint · fiber · crop · plantation · cultivation · field · picking · yield · germination · seedling

feed

meal

Occasion for nourishment

cakeFrosted baked dessert
hullsProtective outer coverings
proteinFolded amino chain

livestock · cattle · ruminant · supplement · ration · dairy · nutrition · digestibility · fodder · pellet

oil

extraction

Act of removing

pressingRequiring immediate attention
refinedPurified or cultured
cookingPreparing food with heat

vegetable · shortening · margarine · frying · salad · edible · crude · hydrogenated · oleic · processing

industrial

biodiesel

Plant-based motor fuel

fertilizerSoil nutrient supplement
soapFatty alkali cleanser
cosmeticsSkin-applied beauty substances

glycerin · cellulose · mulch · compost · textile · pharmaceutical · nitrocellulose · plastics · absorbent · batting

Categories

oil sourcescanola, sunflower, soybean, olive, peanut
cottonboll, fiber, gin, ginning, lint
Cotton Farmingbales, picking, gin, boll weevil, planting season
oilseedssunflower, soybean, rapeseed, canola, flaxseed
seed dispersaldispersal, burrs, samara, tumbleweeds, coconuts
cotton byproducts

Opposites

parts of the cotton plant

cottonseedcotton lint

Loose fabric fibers

cotton fiber · cotton boll · lint · raw cotton · cotton wool

Phrases

cottonseed oilFat pressed from fiber-plant seeds

Family

cottonseeds, cottonseed oil

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G