Associations to the word «Byssus»
Adverb
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Wiktionary
BYSSUS, noun. An exceptionally fine and valuable fibre or cloth of ancient times. Originally used for fine flax and linens, its use was later extended to fine cottons, silks, and sea silk.
BYSSUS, noun. The long fine silky filaments excreted by several mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed, and from which sea silk is manufactured.
BYSSUS, noun. (mycology) The stipe or stem of some fungi which are particularly thin and thread-like.
Dictionary definition
BYSSUS, noun. Tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.