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Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from cashmere goats and other types of goat.

A cardigan is a type of knitted garment that has an open front.

Commonly cardigans have buttons: a garment that is tied is instead considered a robe.

A more modern version of the garment has no buttons and hangs open by design.

By contrast, a pullover does not open in front but must be "pulled over" the head to be worn.

It may be machine- or hand-knitted.

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.

The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced by certain insect larvae to form cocoons.

The best-known silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity (sericulture).

The shimmering appearance of silk is due to the triangular prism-like structure of the silk fibre, which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at different angles, thus producing different colors.

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a , or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the family of Malvaceae.

The fiber is almost pure cellulose.

Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will tend to increase the dispersal of the seeds.

A sweater (North American English) is a knitted garment intended to cover the torso and arms.

A sweater is either a pullover or a cardigan, distinguished in that cardigans open at the front while pullovers do not.

In British English, a sweater may also be called a jumper or jersey.

There is no hypernym equivalent to sweater covering both pullovers and cardigans.