Wool vs. Barathea: What's the Difference?

The dense, soft, often curly hair forming the coat of sheep and certain other mammals, such as the goat and alpaca, consisting of cylindrical strands of keratin covered by minute overlapping scales and much valued as a textile fiber.

A soft fabric of silk and cotton, silk and wool, or all wool, and usually having a ribbed weave.

Fabric or yarn made of this hair.

A soft fabric, made from various combinations of wool, silk and cotton, with a lightly ribbed surface.

Hairy or downy material on a plant or animal, as on certain caterpillars.

A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern.

Filamentous or fibrous material similar to the wool of a sheep or other mammal.

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

A cloth or yarn made from the wool of sheep.

Anything with a texture like that of wool.

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

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

Yarn, including that made from synthetic fibers.

A resident of a satellite town outside Liverpool, such as St Helens or Warrington. See also Yonner.

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.

Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled.

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

A fabric made from the hair of sheep

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

Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks