Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Asian silkworm, the larva of a large saturniid moth (Antheraea paphia), that produces a coarse brownish or yellowish silk.
- noun The silk produced by this worm or a fabric woven from it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (
Antheræa mylitta ), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.
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- noun Alternative form of
tussore .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun oriental moth that produces brownish silk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The silk produced by the wild worms of China and India is called "tussah" (or "tussur").
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For those of you out there that want to knit with silk, but the tussah is still beyond your eco-reach, for whatever reason, have I got a silk for you.
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A pattern, and TWO skeins of Susie's 50% tussah silk/50% merino yarn in the Midnight Rainbow/Harlot's Peacock colorway.
Amazing bounty! 2007
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A pattern, and TWO skeins of Susie's 50% tussah silk/50% merino yarn in the Midnight Rainbow/Harlot's Peacock colorway.
March 2007 2007
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Comprised of designer Lika Volkova and sustainable production veteran Alessandro De Vito, SANS pushes the envelope with innovative shapes in sustainable materials such as bamboo, tussah silk and organic cotton and wool.
SUSTAINABLE STYLE SUNDAY: SANS Future Forward Fashion | Inhabitat 2007
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Nancy Finn at Chasing Rainbows dyes lovely silk caps and tussah and and and...
Spinning Silk Hankies The Raven 2007
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I also ordered 5 pounds of tussah silk for dyeing and blending.
Archive 2007-05-08 FUZZARELLY 2007
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First on the needles, though, is champagne-colored lace-weight 100% tussah silk I picked up.
Saturday's Sky... The Raven 2006
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First on the needles, though, is champagne-colored lace-weight 100% tussah silk I picked up.
Archive 2006-10-01 The Raven 2006
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Wild silk or tussah comes from a wild species of moth, usually the tussah silkworm.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
fbharjo commented on the word tussah
from Sanskrit - tasaram - shuttle
December 26, 2013