filasse
[ fi-las ]
/ fɪˈlæs /
noun
any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
Nearby words
filarial, filariasis, filaricide, filariform, filariid, filasse, filate, filatov flap, filature, filbert, filch
Origin of filasse
1855–60; < French; Old French filace < Vulgar Latin *filācea, equivalent to Latin fīl(um) thread + -ācea, feminine of -āceus; see -aceous
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