bombyciae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bombȳcĭae hărundĭnes = βομβυκίας κάλαμος (Theophr. H. P. 4, 12),

reeds suitable for flutes , βόμβυξ (v. Lid. and Scott, s. v.), Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 170.