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tussah
(encz) | tussah, n: |
Tussah
(gcide) | Tussah \Tus"sah\ Tusseh \Tus"seh\(t[u^]s"s[.a]), n. [Also
tussa, tussar, tusser, tussur, etc.] [Prob. fr. Hind.
tasar a shuttle, Skr. tasara, trasara.]
An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Antheraea mylitta),
that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
tussah
(wn) | tussah
n 1: oriental moth that produces brownish silk [syn: tussah,
tusseh, tussur, tussore, tusser, {Antheraea
mylitta}] |
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tussah
(encz) | tussah, n: |
Tussah silk
(gcide) | Tussah silk \Tus"sah silk`\ [Probably fr. Hind. tasar a shuttle,
Skr. tasara, trasara.]
(a) A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other
than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.
(b) The silk fiber itself. [Written also tusseh silk.]
[1913 Webster] |
tussah
(wn) | tussah
n 1: oriental moth that produces brownish silk [syn: tussah,
tusseh, tussur, tussore, tusser, {Antheraea
mylitta}] |
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