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byssine

/bɪˈsiːn/

byssine adjective: made of, or resembling, silk; silken.

Adjective

byssine (comparative more byssine, superlative most byssine)

  1. Made of, or resembling, silk; silken.

byssine meaning in Tamil

byssine in Tamil

சணல்நாராலான

Forms of byssine

comparativemore byssine
superlativemost byssine

Origin of byssine

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

Questions about byssine

What does byssine mean?
Byssine means made of, or resembling, silk; silken.
What is byssine in Tamil?
Byssine in Tamil is சணல்நாராலான. See Byssine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is byssine?
Byssine is an adjective.
How do you pronounce byssine?
Byssine is pronounced /bɪˈsiːn/.

Words near byssine in the dictionary

  1. byssal
  2. byssally
  3. byssate
  4. byssi
  5. byssiferous
  6. byssine
  7. byssinoses
  8. byssinosis
  9. byssinotic
  10. byssochlamic acid
  11. byssogenous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: byssine (page history and authors); byssine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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