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Sea silk — is an extremely fine, rare and valuable fabric produced from the long silky filaments or byssus secreted by a gland in the foot of several bivalve mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis L.) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed. [ Webster… … Wikipedia
sea silk — noun 1. : silky usually golden yellow fiber obtained from the byssus of mollusks of the genus Pinna 2. : any of various fibers derived from marine algae … Useful english dictionary
Silk (disambiguation) — Silk is a natural fibre and a textile woven from it.The word silk is also used as a name for: * Queen s Counsel, an informal name for a barrister in England and Wales and in the Commonwealth * Spider silk, which is made by spiders to create webs… … Wikipedia
Silk — This article is about a natural fiber and the textile woven from it. For other uses, see Silk (disambiguation). Four of the most important domesticated silk worms, together with their adult moth forms, Meyers Konversations Lexikon (1885 1892)… … Wikipedia
Silk Road — 〚from the fact that silk was China s primary export〛 ancient trade route extending from China to the Mediterranean * * * Ancient trade route that linked China with Europe. Originally a caravan route and used from с 100 BC, the 4,000 mi (6,400 km) … Universalium
Silk — Título España: Seda México: Retrato de amor Ficha técnica Dirección François Girard Guion François Girard Michael Golding … Wikipedia Español
Silk Road — The Silk Road, or Silk Routes, are an extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, including North Africa and Europe. The so called Silk Routes… … Wikipedia
Silk Road transmission of Buddhism — [ Central Asian and East Asian Buddhist monks, Bezeklik, Eastern Tarim Basin, China, 9th 10th century.] The Silk Road transmission of Buddhism to China started in the 1st century CE with a semi legendary or quasi historical account of an embassy… … Wikipedia
Silk Road — English translation of Seidenstrasse, a term coined by the German geographer and traveler Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833–1905) to describe the network of land and sea trading routes connecting China to India and the Near East and whose… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Silk Road — noun Date: 1931 the ancient trade route that extended from China to the Mediterranean Sea … New Collegiate Dictionary
