filoselle
noun
fil·o·selle
¦filə¦sel,
-¦zel
plural -s
: soft silk thread for embroidery
Word History
Etymology
French, silk floss, filoselle, from Middle French, from Old Italian (dialect) filosello silkworm cocoon, silk floss, modification (influenced by filo thread, from Latin filum) of (assumed) Vulgar Latin follicellus, alteration of Latin folliculus small bag, husk, pod