Celebrating Cotton

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Across
  1. 4. Material made from woven or knitted fibres.
  2. 7. A living thing that grows in soil and needs water and sunlight.
  3. 10. To remove dirt and unwanted material.
  4. 11. A thin strand of material used to make yarn or fabric.
  5. 13. To collect a crop when it is ready.
  6. 14. To cross threads over and under each other to make fabric.
  7. 15. The part of a plant that can grow into a new plant.
  8. 17. boll The round pod on a cotton plant that contains cotton fibres and seeds.
  9. 18. A machine that separates cotton fibres from the seeds.
Down
  1. 1. The colourful part of a plant that can develop into fruit or seed pods.
  2. 2. To twist fibres together to make yarn.
  3. 3. Land used for growing crops or raising animals.
  4. 5. A large bundle of cotton packed tightly together.
  5. 6. Items we wear that can be made from cotton fabric.
  6. 8. A liquid that plants need to grow.
  7. 9. To remove cotton from the plant.
  8. 10. A soft, white fibre that grows around the seeds of a cotton plant.
  9. 12. A long thread made by twisting fibres together.
  10. 16. To add colour to yarn or fabric.
  11. 18. To become bigger or develop over time.