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Webster 1913 Edition

(bŏm-bĭs′ĭ-nŭs)

Adj.

[L.

bombycinus

. See

Silken; made of silk.

[Obs.]

Coles.

Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.

E. Darwin.

Adj.

[L. bombycinus, from bombyx, a silk worm.]

Silken; made of silk.

Being of the color of the silk worm; transparent, with a yellow tint.

bombycinous ‎(comparative more bombycinous, superlative most bombycinous)

(obsolete) silken; made of silk
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(obsolete) Of the colour of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
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