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filasse

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fi⋅lasse

  [fi-las]
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–noun
any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
Origin:
1855–60; < F; OF filace < VL *filācea, equiv. to L fīl(um) thread + -ācea, fem. of -āceus; see -aceous
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