section_path: Seed production/Other uses
section_name: Other uses
paragraph_text: Other uses
  
  Cotton fiber grows attached to cotton plant seeds. Other seed fibers are from kapok and milkweed.
  
  Many important nonfood oils are extracted from seeds. Linseed oil is used in paints. Oil from jojoba and crambe are similar to whale oil.
  
  Seeds are the source of some medicines including castor oil, tea tree oil and the quack cancer drug Laetrile.
  
  Many seeds have been used as beads in necklaces and rosaries including Job's tears, Chinaberry, rosary pea, and castor bean. However, the latter three are also poisonous.
  
  Other seed uses include: