byssus
Meaning of byssus
noun
- An exceptionally fine and valuable fibre or cloth of ancient times. Originally used for fine flax and linens, the word was later extended to fine cottons, silks, and sea silk.
- The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.
- The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.
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Hyphenation of byssus
byssus
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- byssus is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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Words that rhyme with byssus
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