tussore noun. ['tʌsɔ:, 'tʌsǝ] Also tusser, *tussah ['tʌsǝ]. L16.
[Hindi tasar, asar app. from Sanskrit tasara shuttle.]
1. A kind of strong coarse silk produced in India etc. by saturniid silkworms of the genus Antheraea (also tussore silk); a garment, esp. a dress, made of this silk. Also (US), (a garment of) a fine corded cotton dress fabric. L16.

2. A silkworm producing tussore. L18.

Comb.:
tussore moth any saturniid moth of the genus Antheraea whose larvae yield tussore; tussore silkworm, tussore worm (the larva of) a tussore moth.

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