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vegetable silk

noun

  1. a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.


vegetable silk

noun

  1. any of various silky fibres obtained from the seed pods of certain plants See also kapok


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Word History and Origins

Origin of vegetable silk1

First recorded in 1850–55

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