filasse

American

[fi-las] / fɪˈlæs /

noun

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

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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