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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tussore /ˈtʌsɔː, ˈtʌsə/ (also tussah)

▶noun coarse silk from the larvae of the tussore moth and related species.

– origin C16: from Hindi tasar, from Sanskrit tasara ‘shuttle’.

'tussore' also found in these Oxford entries:

shantung - tussah - tussore moth - wild silk

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