zǐmián

籽棉

Word · Noun

seed cotton; raw cotton with seeds

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

seed cotton; raw cotton with seeds (same as 子棉)

technical

Agricultural term referring to cotton as harvested from the field, before the ginning process to remove seeds. Distinguished from 皮棉 (ginned cotton).

Mián棉
nóng农
zhèng正
zài在
bǎ把
gāng刚
cǎi采
zhāi摘
de的
zǐ籽
mián棉
yùn运
wǎng往
jiā加
gōng工
chǎng厂
 。

The cotton farmers are transporting the freshly picked seed cotton to the processing plant.

Zǐ籽
mián棉
de的
jià价
gé格
tōng通
cháng常
bǐ比
pí皮
mián棉
dī低
hěn很
duō多
 。

The price of seed cotton is usually much lower than that of ginned cotton.

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Zhè这
pī批
zǐ籽
mián棉
de的
yī衣
fèn分
hěn很
gāo高
 ,
pǐn品
zhì质
yōu优
liáng良
 。

This batch of seed cotton has a high lint percentage and excellent quality.