noun, feminine/e.ta.min/plural: étamines
muslin, cheesecloth, etamine (a fine fabric often used to filter liquids); stamen (a flower part that produces pollen)
From Medieval Latin stāminea (“kind of woollen cloth”), from stāmineus (“trimmed with thread”), from Latin stāmen (“warp (of a loom)”). The biological sense is by etymological analogy.