cotton
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The testing method is simple: a patient breathes into a cotton mask for about 10 minutes, and the mask is then sealed in a bag and taken to the lab.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Because these tears smell like cotton after a rainstorm in rural Georgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
He pointed to one of his favorite trees, a Japanese katsura, that smells like cotton candy when its leaves begin to fall in autumn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
It's handmade, from Ghana, and Betty, who sells it to me, says it's made of cotton.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
When the silk cotton tree opened its flame-red flowers we had a new source of food.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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