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noun, feminine

étamine

/e.ta.min/

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.