BOMBASINE
\bˈɒmbe͡ɪsˌa͡ɪn], \bˈɒmbeɪsˌaɪn], \b_ˈɒ_m_b_eɪ_s_ˌaɪ_n]\
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BOMBAZINE, bom'-, bum-ba-z[=e]n', n. a twilled or corded fabric of silk and worsted, or of cotton and worsted.--n. BOM'BAX, a genus of silk-cotton trees, native to tropical America. [Fr. bombasin--Low L. bombasinum--Gr. bombyx, silk.]
By Thomas Davidson