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Cotton linters—the short fibers left on cottonseed after ginning—can be processed into nitrocellulose, a highly volatile, nitrogen-rich material known as guncotton that’s used as a primary ingredient in solid rocket propellants for ballistic missiles.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 27 Apr. 2026
Some growers use a cottonseed meal/bloodmeal homemade blend.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
The other seed oils of concern are corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower and rice bran oils.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Seed oils are cooking and salad oils pressed from seeds like canola, corn, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed and soy.
—Leeann Weintraub, Daily News, 1 May 2025
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 27 Apr. 2026
Some growers use a cottonseed meal/bloodmeal homemade blend.
—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
The other seed oils of concern are corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower and rice bran oils.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Seed oils are cooking and salad oils pressed from seeds like canola, corn, cottonseed, sunflower, safflower, grapeseed and soy.
—Leeann Weintraub, Daily News, 1 May 2025
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“Cottonseed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cottonseed. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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cottonseed
noun
cot·ton·seed
kät-ᵊn-ˌsēd 
: the seed of the cotton plant
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