Muga

Origin

From Assamese.

Full definition of muga

Noun

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