The silk strands grow a little more than an inch every day and continue to grow until they are fertilized.

Pollination occurs when the falling or wind-borne pollen grains are caught by these new moist silk strands.

Generally, two to three days are required for all silk strands on an ear to be exposed and pollinated.

The gentle opening of the Dallapiccola revealed a few rough edges catching at the silk strands of the music.

There are cocoons, wound with the long delicate threads, and a skein of white silk strands.

He sighed and pushed one hand back through his hair, loosening several black silk strands from the queue in the back.

The ghost boy was also found to leave a trace of silk strands along his foot steps.

The police officer doubts a relation between the ghost boy and the silk strands.

He follows the silk strands which leads him to a unwell women in an hospital, who dies shortly afterwards.

The silk strands bind the mixture together to form a very thick substance.