lint

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Lint is a soft, fleecy material. It can be made from linen by scraping, or it can be fuzz composed of fine ravelings and short fibers from yarn and fabric. Another form of lint is the fibrous coat of hairs found on cotton seeds, which yields the cotton staple. The term "linty" describes something that is like lint, or covered in it. Related words include fuzzes, naps, and fluffs.123

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cotton
Cultivation of the cotton plant
…long-fiber varieties, is known as lint. Linters, fibers considerably shorter than the seed hair and more closely connected to the seed, come from a second growth beginning about 10 days after the first seed hairs begin to develop. When ripe, the boll bursts into a white, fluffy ball containing three…
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…long-fiber varieties, is known as lint. Linters, fibers considerably shorter than the seed hair and more closely connected to the seed, come from a second growth beginning about 10 days after the first seed hairs begin to develop. When ripe, the boll bursts into a white, fluffy ball containing three…
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