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- Silky - superl. - Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.
- Silky - superl. - Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
- Silky - superl. - Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.
- Milkweed - n. - Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge.
- Teledu - n. - An East Indian carnivore (Mydaus meliceps) allied to the badger, and noted for the very offensive odor that it emits, somewhat resembling that of a skunk. It is a native of the high mountains of Java and Sumatra, and has long, silky fur. Called also stinking badger, and stinkard.
- Pharmacolite - n. - A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color.
- Serricated - a. - Covered with fine silky down.
- Marikina - n. - A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.
- Silkweed - n. - Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.
- Silky - superl. - Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.
- Cudweed - n. - A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.
- Byssine - a. - Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.
- Amianthus - n. - Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.
- Silky - superl. - Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
- Mohair - n. - The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also, a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.
- Halotrichite - n. - An iron alum occurring in silky fibrous aggregates of a yellowish white color.
- Mushroom - n. - An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn.
- Pinna - n. - Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity.
- Oxaluric - a. - Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid related to the ureids, and obtained from parabanic acid as a white silky crystalline substance.
- Spitz dog - - A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup.
- Sericite - n. - A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.
- Silkiness - n. - The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
- Crocidolite - n. - A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.
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