wild silk

noun

tussah.
British. raw silk.

Origin of wild silk

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Words nearby wild silk

wild rubber, wild rye, wild sarsaparilla, wild senna, wild service tree, wild silk, wild spaniard, wild spinach, wild sweet potato, wild sweet william, wild thyme

British Dictionary definitions for wild silk

wild silk

noun

silk produced by wild silkworms
a fabric made from this, or from short fibres of silk designed to imitate it