They produce long silky threads which can catch the wind when they drop from one branch to another.

A white, silky thread trails from each seed packed in the pods.

"A thin silky thread trailed from her body."

And when endowed with heavy ink, silky threads or a soft metallic glow, "wallpaper has a wonderful tactile quality you can actually see," he added.

Once a sufficient size has been attained, they will attach themselves to any available structure with their silky threads.

Laughing quietly the King touched Thane's summer scarf again, letting his brittle fingers pass over the silky threads.

When the fruit is open, a silky thread from the base of the fruit holds the single seed (or two) in the air.

The dry cap surface is covered with silky threads.

The envelope was mauve, with silky threads in the fine linen paper.

The silky thread of her telling wrapped around me inexorably, becoming a new truth that bound me.