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GCSE Design and Technology · key term
A vegetable-based natural fibre obtained from the cotton plant, used for clothing, towels and bed linen.
Used by Edexcel
Specification 1.11.1 · Paper 1
Revise: Natural FibresNatural fibres come from plants or animals: wool is an animal-based fibre, while cotton is a vegetable-based, or plant-based, fibre. Here, ‘vegetable’ describes the source of the material, not an edible vegetable.
Link a property to the product’s purpose: cotton is absorbent, so a cotton towel can take up water from the skin.
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