{
  "headword": "βύσσος",
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      "definition": "",
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          "definition": "<i>flax,</i> and <i>the linen made from it,</i> Emp. 93, Theoc. 2.73, etc.; used of <i>perennial flax, Linum angustifolium,</i> grown in Elis, Paus. 6.26.6, and of <i>Linum usitatissimum,</i> = λίνον Ἑβραίων, Id. 5.5.2; also, in later writers, of <i>Indian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum,</i> Poll. 7.76, Philostr. VA 2.20; and of <i>silk,</i> τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου Str. 15.1.20.",
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                "quote": "τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου",
                "ref": "Str. 15.1.20",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001:15.1.perseus-grc2.20"
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