βύσσος

A. flax, and the linen made from it, Emp. 93, Theoc. 2.73, etc.; used of perennial flax, Linum angustifolium, grown in Elis, Paus. 6.26.6, and of Linum usitatissimum, = λίνον Ἑβραίων, Id. 5.5.2; also, in later writers, of Indian cotton, Gossypium herbaceum, Poll. 7.76, Philostr. VA 2.20; and of silk, τὰ Σηρικὰ ἔκ τινων φλοιῶν ξαινουένης βύσσου Str. 15.1.20.