てんぐす

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of てんぐす – see the following entries.

【天狗巣】 [noun] an area of dense growing twigs or branches on a tree or shrub, said to resemble a nest [noun] short for 天狗巣病 (“witch's broom plant disease”)

【天蚕糸】 [noun] tensan silk; silk derived from Japanese oak silkmoth cocoons

(This term, てんぐす, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)