filasse

[fi-las]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.

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1855–60; < French; Old French filace < Vulgar Latin *�ھ��峦��, equivalent to Latin ��ī�� ( um ) thread + -�峦��, feminine of -�峦��ܲ�; -aceous

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