Asian noodles - Ajiamen

Japanese: アジアメン - あじあめん

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[Types and propagation]
There are about 37 kinds of cotton, of which four are used for clothing fibers: G. herbaceum and G. arboreum , commonly called Asia cotton, and G. hirsutum and G. barbadense , both from the New World. Asia cotton is generally characterized by thick, short fibers, but New World cotton has been bred to produce Aland cotton and long-fibered sea island cotton.

From [Cotton]

…Upland cotton ( G. hirsutum L.) (illustration) accounts for 70% of the world's cultivated cotton area and is the most important in cultivation. It is thought to be a hybrid of Asiatic cotton (illustration, illustration) and American wild cotton, and is native to the New World and Polynesia regions. The fluff is 13-33 mm long, relatively fine, and is used as a raw material for medium to medium-fine yarn spinning. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Asiamen" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

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［種類と伝播］
　綿の種類はおよそ37種あり，このうち4種が衣料繊維に利用される。すなわち一般にアジアメンと称されるヘルバケウム種G.herbaceumとアルボレウム種G.arboreum，新大陸産のヒルスツム種G.hirsutumとバルバデンセ種G.barbadenseである。アジアメンは概して繊維が太く短いのを特徴とするが，新大陸産のものからは品種改良によりアプランドメンや，長繊維のカイトウメン(海島綿)がつくられている。…