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muga en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese মুগা (muga).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A type of wild silk found in Assam.
   • Muga (from the Antheroea Assama moth) silk was produced in Assam; the muga silkworm fed on a tree known as champa. 2005, Brenda M King, Silk and Empire, page 71:
   • She was wearing a mauve blouse, a matching mauve bordered sador and a plain muga mekhela. 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:

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