FILASSE


Meaning of FILASSE in English

/fi las"/ , n.

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

[ 1855-60; filace filacea, equiv. to L fil ( um ) thread + -acea, fem. of -aceus; see -ACEOUS ]

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