βύσσος,ἡ,
A. flax, andthe linen made from it, Emp. 93 , Theoc. 2.73 , etc.; used ofperennial flax, Linum angustifolium, grown in Elis, Paus. 6.26.6 , and ofLinum usitatissimum, = λίνον Ἑβραίων , Id. 5.5.2 ; also, in later writers, ofIndian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Poll. 7.76 , Philostr. VA 2.20 ; and ofsilk, τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου
Str. 15.1.20
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