Question: Cotton is obtained from ______ of cotton plants.
Options:
Stem and fruits
Roots and fruits
Root and stem
Fruits and stem
🌿 Explanation:
✔️ Fibres are obtained from the fruit of cotton plants.
✔️ The fruit of a cotton plant is known as cotton bolls.
✔️ Cotton plants are usually grown at places having black soil and a warm climate.
✔️ The fruits of the cotton plant (cotton bolls) are about the size of a lemon.
✔️ After maturing, the bolls burst open, and the seeds covered with cotton fibres can be seen.
✔️ Cotton is usually picked by hand from these bolls.
✔️ Fibres are then separated from the seeds by combing, a process known as ginning.