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Definition of: tussah
(tus′ə) noun
1. A wild and semi–domesticated Asian silkworm (Antheraea paphia) which spins large cocoons of brownish or yellowish silk.
2. The silk, or the tough, durable fabric woven from it. Also tus′sa, tus·sar (tus′ər), tus′seh, tus′ser, tus·sore (tus′·ôr, -ōr), tus′sur. [<Hind. tasar <Skt. tasara, trasara, lit., a shuttle]
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