velvet:1
noun14th century{ds||1||}
- a clothing and upholstery fabric (as of silk, rayon, or wool) characterized by a short soft dense warp pile
- something suggesting velvet
- a characteristic (such as softness or smoothness) of velvet
velvet:2
adjective
velvet
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14th century{ds||1||}
- made of or covered with velvet; also : clad in velvet
- resembling or suggesting velvet : velvety
velvet ant
noun
velvet ant
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1748
- any of various solitary usually brightly colored and hairy fossorial wasps (family Mutillidae) with the female wingless
velvet bean
noun
velvet bean
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1898{ds||1||}
- cowhage; especially : a cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) that is sometimes grown in the southern U.S. for green manure and grazing
- the seed of the velvet bean that is often used as feed for livestock (such as cattle and hogs)
panne
nouncirca 1794{ds||1||}
- a silk or rayon velvet with lustrous pile flattened in one direction —called also panne velvet
- a heavy silk or rayon satin with high luster and waxy smoothness
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