tussore

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a strong, naturally tan or brownish silk produced by the larvae of several wild Asian saturniid moths

   The curtains were woven from undyed tussore with a warm golden cast.

2. 2
   noun

   fabric woven from this coarse, irregular silk

   She chose a lightweight tussore for the summer jacket.

3. 3
   noun

   a wild silkworm or moth that produces tussore silk

   The rearer collected the cocoons of the tussore from trees at the forest edge.

Borrowed from Hindi and Urdu tasar, a name for the wild silk and its silkworm, ultimately from Sanskrit tasara. English spellings include tussore, tussar, tussur, and tussah. The word can denote the fiber, the fabric woven from it, or the moth that produces it.

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