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The word originates in Asia. The Manchurian word is 'sirghe' and the Mongolian word is 'Sirkek' The word passed into Greek as 'serikos' via an oriental people from whom the Greeks obtained silk and smuggled the silk worms from China in the 1st century

The word silk originates from Ol' Spain.

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Silk cotton is a vegetable silk (a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation)

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Most commercial silk is produced by silkworms.

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