Wool vs. Lana

Woolnoun

The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.

Woolnoun

A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.

Woolnoun

Anything with a texture like that of wool.

Woolnoun

A fine fiber obtained from the leaves of certain trees, such as firs and pines.

Woolnoun

(obsolete) Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Woolnoun

yarn (including that which is made from synthetic fibers.)

Woolnoun

The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; - chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates.

Woolnoun

Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

Woolnoun

A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants.

Woolnoun

a fabric made from the hair of sheep

Woolnoun

fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving

Woolnoun

outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

Woolnoun

the fine, soft curly or wavy hair forming the coat of a sheep, goat, or similar animal, especially when shorn and prepared for use in making cloth or yarn

Woolnoun

yarn or textile fibre made from wool

Woolnoun

the soft underfur or down of some mammals

Woolnoun

a metal or mineral made into a mass of fine fibres

Wool

Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, hide and fur clothing from bison, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.Wool consists of protein together with a small percentage of lipids. In this regard it is chemically quite distinct from the more dominant textile, cotton, which is mainly cellulose.

Lananoun

The tree Genipa americana.