byssine

== English == === Etymology === From Latin byssinus (“made of byssus”), from Ancient Greek βύσσινος (bússinos, “made of byssus”). See byssus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪˈsiːn/ === Adjective === byssine (comparative more byssine, superlative most byssine) Made of, or resembling, silk; silken. ==== Translations ==== === References === “byssine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Adjective === byssine vocative masculine singular of byssinus