vegetable silk

noun

a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.

vegetable silk

noun

any of various silky fibres obtained from the seed pods of certain plants See also kapok

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vegetable silk¹

First recorded in 1850–55

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This and other species yield various important products, the chief being the fibre obtained by maceration from the leaves and roots, and known commercially as American aloe, pita flax, or vegetable silk.

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The third is the cheese-tree, called baga by the natives, from the capsules of which a fine and brilliant vegetable silk is yielded.

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It was composed of a variety of fibres closely interwoven with some kind of vegetable silk, and was lined principally with horsehair and very fine fibres.

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This vegetable silk is contained in a soft pod or bladder about the size of an orange.

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vegetable sheep vegetable sponge

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