If done by hand I believe the term is "picking", however in modern times a machine called a "cotton gin" is used to do this and the process is called "ginning".
The process of clearing cotton from the seeds is called ginning.
Cotton gin
It was called the cotton gin because it separated seeds from the cotton, so that is how the invention got is name.
A cotton gin separates cotton fibres from their seeds, and the process is known as ginning.
Cotton is a plant where the seeds and the parts of those seeds (the soft white fluff) are harvested. This fluff then goes to a factory to be woven into fibrous material called cotton fibre.
that was called the cotton gin
Yes, cotton bolls contain seeds.
cotton seeds are very small
It is called a cotton gin and is still used today in a modernized form.
The seed pod of a cotton plant is called a "boll." As the cotton plant matures, the bolls develop and eventually burst open to reveal the fluffy cotton fibers and seeds inside. Each boll can contain several seeds, which are essential for the propagation of the plant.
To separate seeds from cotton :)
Ginning is the process of separating cotton fibers from the cotton seeds and plant material. This process is typically done using specialized machines called cotton gins, which remove the seeds from the raw cotton to produce lint that can be further processed into textiles.