Byssine

//bɪˈsiːn// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of, or resembling, silk; silken.

Etymology

From Latin byssinus (“made of byssus”), from Ancient Greek βύσσινος (bússinos, “made of byssus”). See byssus.

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