Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as tusser-silk.
  • noun An oak-feeding silkworm, Antheræa mylitta, furnishing a silk of great strength, but of coarse quality and hard to reel.
  • noun A kind of silk cloth woven from tusser-silk.
  • noun A dress or garment of tussersilk.

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  • noun oriental moth that produces brownish silk

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  • "Molly wore an emerald green tunic and a dress of gold tusser."

    —Peter Carey, Illywhacker, 160

    April 16, 2009