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tussore

[tuhs-awr, -ohr]

noun

tussah.

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tussore, chiefly (US) tusser or chiefly (US) tussah (tʊˈsɔː, ˈtʌsə)

—n
1.	a strong coarse brownish Indian silk obtained from the cocoons of an Oriental saturniid silkworm, Antheraea paphia
2.	a fabric woven from this silk
3.	the silkworm producing this silk

[C17: from Hindi tasar shuttle, from Sanskrit tasara a wild silkworm]

tusser, chiefly (US) tusser or chiefly (US) tussah

—n

[C17: from Hindi tasar shuttle, from Sanskrit tasara a wild silkworm]

tussah, chiefly (US) tusser or chiefly (US) tussah

—n

[C17: from Hindi tasar shuttle, from Sanskrit tasara a wild silkworm]

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