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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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cotton XIV. — (O)F.
coton — Arab.
ḳutn, in Sp. Arab.
ḳoton.
Hence
cotton vb. furnish with or take on a nap XV; (prob. transf. from the production of a nap in the finishing of cloth) †prosper, get on XVI (orig. in
This gear or
matter cottons); get on
with XVII; take
to XIX.
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U.S. cotton
Magazine article from: JTN Monthly; 2/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Government-Industry Marketing Operation U.S. total cotton output for the current cotton year 1999/2000 is expected to surpass output...cooperation by the U.S. government and the cotton industry to sell U.S. cotton around the world...
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Cotton Incorporated. (Economics at Work).(marketing efforts)(Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: Business Economics; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...yet contemporarily appropriate term for cotton, the natural fiber that continues to...role in the U.S. economy. The King Cotton of yore remains a major industry in the...with business revenue stimulated by cotton in the nations economy estimated at some...
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Cotton town USA: weaves a wave of public relations initiatives for Bayer Cropscience. (Thinking Outside the Box).
Magazine article from: Agri Marketing; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Cotton Town USA. Has a nice ring to it, don...networks. Or a city motto somewhere in cotton country across the southern United States...CropScience, Durham, N.C., and the National Cotton Women's Committee of the National Cotton...
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The cotton chain the facts.(cotton distributed, produced and exported all over the world)
Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 4/1/2007; 700+ words
; Cotton clothes the world. It represents 38% of the world fibre market...OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Who grows cotton? Distribution of world cotton fibre production (1) China 24% Others 13% Greece 2% Australia...
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Cotton The huge moral issue
Magazine article from: New African; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; World cotton prices have dropped to an historic low...livelihoods of West Africa's 12 million cotton farmers will soon be destroyed if subsidies...subsidies on his only source of income, cotton farming. "I don't know about cotton...
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Cotton's Renaissance: A Study in Market Innovation
Magazine article from: Business History Review; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Cotton's Renaissance: A Study in Market Innovation...95. ISBN 0-521-80827-8. In 1973, cotton accounted for only 33 percent of all textile...stores. The global market share of American cotton had dwindled as well, amounting to only...
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Cotton Acreage Sees Cut Backs in Dona Ana, N.M., Area.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/8/2002; 700+ words
; ...Ridder/Tribune Business News May 8--Cotton acreage reductions in the Elephant Butte...insecurity and insect problems. The final cotton acreage figures are not in yet, but Do?a Ana cotton grower Charles Tharp said all indicators...
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Cotton summit for world cotton people to discuss supply and demand
Magazine article from: JTN Monthly; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Cotton Council International (CCI) and Cotton Incorporated are going to hold their "Sourcing USA cotton fiber Summit" (called the Cotton Summit) in Scottdale, Arizona from November 18-21, 1999. The main objectives of the Cotton Summit...
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Cotton tops 70% market share in men's in first half of '95.(Fiber + Fabric Focus)(Column)
Magazine article from: Daily News Record; 9/7/1995; ; 700+ words
; NEW YORK--Cotton continues its strong and growing presence in...business, according to recent figures released by Cotton Incorporated, the promotional and research arm of the U.S. cotton industry. In the first six months of this year...
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COTTON TURNS INTO ITS OWN LANGUAGE.(PERSPECTIVE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/28/1999; 700+ words
; ...one of the world's top producers of cotton, and the Uzbeks won't let me forget it. I learned the Uzbek word for cotton, pochta, about the same time as I...and ``my name is.'' Autumn is cotton-picking season. The news reports...
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Cotton
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Cotton Background Cotton is a shrubby plant that is a member of the Mallow family. Its name...sticky seeds must be separated from the wool in order to process the cotton for spinning and weaving. De-seeded cotton is cleaned, carded...
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Cotton Root Bark
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Cotton root bark Description Cotton root and the cotton plant are known as Gossypium herbaceum . Cotton is a member of the mallow or Malvaceae family. The cotton plant is an evergreen shrub that is native to Asia and Africa. It is also grown in...
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Cotton Incorporated
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Cotton Incorporated 6399 Weston Parkway Cary...2000) NAIC: 81391 Business Associations Cotton, Incorporated is a marketing and research...000 producers and importers of upland cotton and cotton products in the United States...
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Cotton Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Cotton Industry Gossypium — the scientific term referring to the genus of cotton plants — belongs to the small tribe...the Malvaceae family. Four separate species of cotton — two in Asia-Africa ( G. arboreum...
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cotton
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
cotton most important of the vegetable fibers, and the plant from which the fiber is harvested. The Cotton Plant The cotton plant belongs to the genus Gossypium of the family Malvaceae ( mallow...
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