tus·sore (t s ôr , - r)n. Variant of tussah. |
tussore [tʊˈsɔː ˈtʌsə], tusser [ˈtʌsə] chiefly US, tussah [ˈtʌsə]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a strong coarse brownish Indian silk obtained from the cocoons of an Oriental saturniid silkworm, Antheraea paphia
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fabric woven from this silk
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the silkworm producing this silk
[from Hindi tasar shuttle, from Sanskrit tasara a wild silkworm]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  tussore - oriental moth that produces brownish silksaturniid, saturniid moth - large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons Antheraea, genus Antheraea - large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality |
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