silk-tassel

[ silk-tas-uhl ]

noun

1. any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Garrya, of the western U.S., having evergreen foliage and flowers in pendulous catkins.

Example Sentences

She stared absently at the silk tassel, twirling it about her white fingers more and more rapidly.

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To the lower part of the hood is attached a large white silk tassel.

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On his head he wore a cap that hung all on one side, and was decorated with a long, heavy silk tassel.

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As he walked, a smart cane swung from his left wrist by a silk tassel, and he took a pinch of snuff from an ivory box.

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I, too, dismounted and hung upon a bush a red silk tassel from my keffie.

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