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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:
1850–55
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vegetable silk  
n.  Any of several silky fibers from the seedpods of certain plants, such as the kapok.
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