byssine

English edit

Etymology edit

Latin byssinus (“made of byssus”), from Ancient Greek βύσσινος (bússinos, “made of byssus”). See byssus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɪˈsiːn/.

Adjective edit

byssine (comparative more byssine, superlative most byssine)

Made of, or resembling, silk; silken.

Translations edit

Translations

Polish: bisiorowy

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “byssine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin edit

Adjective edit

byssine

vocative masculine singular of byssinus