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61 Lana Fibre
A fibre yielded by the Lana tree of Porto Rica. It looks like wool or fur and is known as vegetable wool. It is obtained from the seed pods which contain a large amount of fibre and small seeds. The colour varies from light to darker brown. The fibres are soft and silky and are used for filling pillows, cushions, etc. (see Bombax Cotton) -
62 Mulberry Silk
A term sometimes used to distinguish the silk produced by silkworms fed on mulberry leaves from the so-called wild silk, the worms of which feed on oak leaves, castor oil plant and various bushes. Mulberry silk is the product of the Bombax Mori silkworm and provides by far the bulk of the silk that comes into trade. -
63 Nyapaw Silk
A multivoltine silkworm, the Bombax Arracensis breeding in Burma, etc. The silk yielded by it in the cold season is the best quality. -
64 Ouate Vegetable Cotton
The term used in the French trade for a mixture of fibres used for stuffing. It is chiefly composed of fibres from Ochroma, Bombax and Chorisia plants, each being a sort of vegetable down.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Ouate Vegetable Cotton
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65 Paina Limpa Fibre
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66 Palo Barracho Fibre
A soft, silky fibre obtained from' the pod of the Bombax Ventricosa in Argentine.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Palo Barracho Fibre
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67 Pat Silk
The silk thread reeled from the cocoons of the Bombax Textor, in Assam. The term is also applied to the cloth woven from this silk on hand looms in Bengal. -
68 Pulan
Vernacular Singhalese for the seed fibre from the Bombax Malabaricum in Ceylon and used by the natives for stuffing. -
69 Pullom Fibre
A silky, yellowish seed hair of the Bombax tree in Africa, used for stuffing. -
70 Red Silk Cotton
Seed coverings of the large tree Bombax Malabaricum found in India (Semal cotton). The fibres have not yet been used for textile purposes. -
71 Semal Cotton
A silky fibre, obtained from the Indian Bombax Malabaricum. It is straight and flat and used for stuffing. -
72 Sibucara Seed Fibre
A silky seed hair grown on a species of the Bombax tree in Venezuela, and used for stuffing.Dictionary of the English textile terms > Sibucara Seed Fibre
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73 Silk Cotton
The fine, lustrous fibre obtained from several species of cotton tree (Bombax Ceiba) found growing in South America and the West Indies. The seed capsules give this soft and glossy down which is too short and springy for spinning. Used for stuffing although it is believed to be objectionable to lie upon (see Kapok and Mockmain) -
74 Suffed-Simul
The silky yellowish seed hair of the Bombax tree in India.
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Bombax — Bom bax, n. [LL., cotton. See {Bombast}, n.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, called also the {silkcotton tree}; also, a tree of the genus Bombax. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
BOMBAX — Italis Bombace, Gallis Cotton, gossipium est, lana vel lanugo xyli; i. e. gossipii fruticis, de quo Plin. l. 19. c. 1. ἐριόξυλον, Ulpiano l. 70. Si cui lana legetur, §. 9. D. de legat. 3. ubi ligneam lanam reddit: Origo vocis a voce Bombyx, quâ… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Bombax — (B. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Sterculiaceae Bombaceae, der Polyandrie Monadelphie L. Arten: hohe, südamerikanische u. ostindische Bäume, mit holzigen, 5fächerigen Kapseln, deren Samen von seiner, seidenartiger Wolle umhüllt werden … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Bombax — L., Gattung der Bombakazeen, meist hohe Bäume mit gefingerten Blättern, großen, achselständigen, einzelnen oder gebüschelten Blüten und holzigen oder lederigen, in fünffachteilige Klappen zerfallenden Kapseln, deren Innenwand mit kürzern Haaren… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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bombax — [bäm′baks΄] adj. 〚ModL < ML, cotton: see BOMBAST〛 designating a family (Bombacaceae, order Malvales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees, including the kapok tree, baobab, and balsa * * * … Universalium
bombax — [bɔ̃baks] n. m. ⇒ 2. Fromager … Encyclopédie Universelle
bombax — [bäm′baks΄] adj. [ModL < ML, cotton: see BOMBAST] designating a family (Bombacaceae, order Malvales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees, including the kapok tree, baobab, and balsa … English World dictionary
Bombax — Bombax … Wikipédia en Français