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綿花
menka
Description
綿花は、服やタオルを作るために使う、白くてやわらかい植物の実です。
綿花 is a white, soft plant fruit used to make clothes and towels.
畑で育てて、その繊維から糸や布を作ります。
綿花 is grown in fields, and its fibers are used to make thread and fabric.
Meanings
綿花menka
raw cotton; the fluffy fiber from the cotton plant
この国では綿花をたくさん作っています。
This country produces a lot of cotton.
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Notes
- Etymology
綿 (cotton) + 花 (flower/plant), referring to the raw cotton fiber before processing.
- Nuance
綿花 is the raw plant fiber; 綿 (wata) is processed cotton wadding.
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