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单词 vegetable silk
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vegetable silk


noun

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

Origin of vegetable silk

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby vegetable silk

vegetable marrow, vegetable oil, vegetable oyster, vegetable pear, vegetable sheep, vegetable silk, vegetable sponge, vegetable tallow, vegetable tanning, vegetable wax, vegetable wool
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British Dictionary definitions for vegetable silk

vegetable silk

noun

any of various silky fibres obtained from the seed pods of certain plantsSee also kapok
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