Raw material

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Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree

A raw material or feedstock is the basic material from which a good product is manufactured or made, frequently used with an extended meaning.[1] For example, the term is used to denote material that came from nature and is in an unprocessed or minimally processed state; e.g., raw latex, iron ore, logs, crude oil, air or seawater. The use of raw material by non-human species includes twigs and found objects as used by birds to make nests.

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  1. ^ OED Online (Third edition, August 2010; online version November 2010 ed.). raw material n.: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 

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