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Halotrichite :: Halotrichite (n.) An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.

Silkweed :: Silkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed..

Silkiness :: Silkiness (n.) The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.

Hair-salt :: Hair-salt (n.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

Serricated :: Serricated (a.) Covered with fine silky down.

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

Silky :: Silky (superl.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster..

Sericeous :: Sericeous (a.) Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.

Silky :: Silky (superl.) Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous..

Byssine :: Byssine (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.

Amianthus :: Amianthus (n.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus..

Teledu :: Teledu (n.) An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard..

Oxaluric :: Oxaluric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid related to the ureids, and obtained from parabanic acid as a white silky crystalline substance..

Spitzenburgh :: Spitz dog () A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup..

Guereza :: Guereza (n.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white..

Cudweed :: Cudweed (n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed..

Sericite :: Sericite (n.) A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.

Pharmacolite :: Pharmacolite (n.) A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color..

Myricin :: Myricin (n.) A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol..

Pinna :: Pinna (n.) Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity..

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