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nouna fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
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nounanimal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiderstype of:
Definition that contains silk
- cocoon silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs
- samia silkworm moths
- moire silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
- watered-silk silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
- prairie sagewort silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
- genus samia silkworm moths
- anemone tetonensis silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers
- sericterium silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders
- mountain anemone silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers
- wormwood sage silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets