silkgrass
— Noun
– English
~ valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
silkiness
— Noun
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~ the smooth feel of silk fabric
silks
— Noun
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~ the brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable
silkscreen
— Noun
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~ a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil
silkweed
— Noun
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~ any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
silkwood
— Noun
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~ a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
silkworm
— Noun
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~ larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
silkworm
— Noun
– English
~ the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk