bombux

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• bombyx — [ bɔ̃biks ] n. m. • 1593; bombyce 1564; lat. bombyx, gr. bombux « ver à soie » ♦ Papillon (lépidoptères) dont la larve tisse un cocon de soie. Bombyx du mûrier, dont la larve est le ver à soie. Des bombyx. ● bombyx nom masculin (latin bombyx, du… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Bombycillidae — Bombycillidés Jaseur d Amérique (Bombycilla cedrorum …   Wikipédia en Français

• Bombycillidés — Bombycillidae Bombycillidés …   Wikipédia en Français

• Bombycillinae — Bombycillidae Bombycillidés …   Wikipédia en Français

• bombast — [16] Bombast originally meant ‘cotton wool’, especially as used for stuffing or padding clothes, upholstery, etc; hence, before the end of the 16th century, it had been transferred metaphorically to ‘pompous or turgid language’. The ultimate… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• bombazine — [ bɒmbəzi:n] noun a twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton. Origin C16 (denoting raw cotton): from Fr. bombasin, from med. L. bombacinum, from bombycinus silken , based on Gk bombux silkworm …   English new terms dictionary

• bombazine — ► NOUN ▪ a twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton. ORIGIN French bombasin, from Latin bombycinus silken , from Greek bombux silkworm …   English terms dictionary

• bombast — [16] Bombast originally meant ‘cotton wool’, especially as used for stuffing or padding clothes, upholstery, etc; hence, before the end of the 16th century, it had been transferred metaphorically to ‘pompous or turgid language’. The ultimate… …   Word origins

• bombazine — (also bombasine) n. a twilled dress material of worsted with or without an admixture of silk or cotton, esp., when black, formerly used for mourning. Etymology: F bombasin f. med.L bombacinum f. LL bombycinus silken f. bombyx ycis silk or… …   Useful english dictionary