- silky fiber
- шелковистое волокно
English-Russian dictionary of chemistre. 2014.
English-Russian dictionary of chemistre. 2014.
Alpaca fiber — Alpaca fleece is the natural fiber harvested from an Alpaca. It is a light weight, soft, durable, luxurious Quiggle, Charlotte. Alpaca: An Ancient Luxury. Interweave Knits Fall 2000: 74 76.] and silky natural fiber. While similar to sheep’s wool… … Wikipedia
cotton fiber — noun soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state • Syn: ↑cotton, ↑cotton wool • Derivationally related forms: ↑cottony (for: ↑cotton) • Hypernyms: ↑plant … Useful english dictionary
calabur tree — noun a fast growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves • Syn: ↑Jamaican cherry, ↑calabura, ↑silk wood, ↑silkwood, ↑Muntingia… … Useful english dictionary
caraguata — I. |karəgwə|tä noun ( s) Etymology: American Spanish caraguatá, from Portuguese, from Tupi caragoatá, caraquatá, literally, which scratches those walking 1. : a plant (Bromelia argentina) of Argentina and Paraguay with leaves that yield a long… … Useful english dictionary
calabura — n. a fast growing tropical American evergreen ({Muntingia calabura}) having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves. Syn: Jamaican cherry, calabur tree, silkwood.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Muntingia calabura — calabura calabura n. a fast growing tropical American evergreen ({Muntingia calabura}) having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves. Syn: Jamaican cherry, calabur… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sea island cotton — noun Usage: often capitalized S&I Etymology: Sea Islands, chain of islands off the southeastern United States coast Date: 1805 a cotton (Gossypium barbadense) with especially long silky fiber called also sea island … New Collegiate Dictionary
silkcotton — silk cotton n. A silky fiber, such as kapok, attached to the seeds of certain trees. * * * … Universalium
kapok — (KAY pok) [Javanese] A silky fiber harvested from the seeds of the kapok (silk cotton) tree found in Indonesia and elsewhere in Asia, used for stuffing life preservers, life jackets, etc … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
calabura — noun a fast growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves • Syn: ↑Jamaican cherry, ↑calabur tree, ↑silk wood, ↑silkwood,… … Useful english dictionary
Jamaican cherry — noun a fast growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves • Syn: ↑calabur tree, ↑calabura, ↑silk wood, ↑silkwood, ↑Muntingia… … Useful english dictionary