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tussah

tussah is the alternative form of tussar.

Meaning of tussar

Noun

tussar (countable and uncountable, plural tussars)

  1. A deep gold-coloured silk produced from larvae of several species of silk worms belonging to the moth genus Antheraea
    • The principal manufacture throughout this district is the tusser or jungle silk.1841, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 10, Part 2, p. 511
  2. Any of the moth species used to produce tussar silk
    • Kharias have also learnt to prepare certain fibres for different purpose as they are expert in spinning, weaving, tussar rearing […]1980, Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi, The Kharia, Then and Now: A Comparative Study of Hill, Dhelki, and Dudh Kharia of the Central-eastern Region of India, Concept Publishing, page 197

Forms of tussah

pluraltussahs

Questions about tussah

What is tussah the alternative form of?
Tussah is the alternative form of tussar.

Words near tussah in the dictionary

  1. tussac grasses
  2. tussack
  3. tussacks
  4. tussacky
  5. tussacs
  6. tussah
  7. tussahs
  8. tussal
  9. tussar
  10. tussars
  11. Tussaudian

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