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silk
1. The fine, soft thread produced by certain species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is enclosed during the pupa state.
2. The thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
3. Raw silk, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured.
4. A delicate, soft type of cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the thread itself.
5. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of corn (maize).
6. Silk cotton, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree.
2. The thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
3. Raw silk, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured.
4. A delicate, soft type of cloth made from a thread produced by silkworms, or the thread itself.
5. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of corn (maize).
6. Silk cotton, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree.
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“silk”
(Greek > Latin: bambacium, "cotton fabric"; from bombax, "cotton"; from Latin, bombyx, "silk, silkworm"; from Greek, bombux, "silkworm")
(Greek > Latin: silk)
(Origins of silk and present production)