Vegetable silk

Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca

Description

An unstandardized name that has been used for several fibers obtained from seeds. Vegetable silk has been used to refer to milkweed floss, akund fibers and kapok.

Synonyms and Related Terms

milkweed floss; akund fibers; kapok; seda vegetal (Esp.)

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  Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca

Authority

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 430

• Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles, Phyllis G.Tortora, Robert S. Merkel (eds.), Fairchild Publications, New York City, 7th edition, 1996