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A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.

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  1. A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China.
  2. The silk fiber itself.
  3. (a) A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China. (b) The silk fiber itself. [Written also tusseh silk.]
  4. A silk cloth made from the cocoons of a caterpillar other than the common silkworm, much used in Bengal and China. The silk fiber itself.