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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amianthus /ˌamɪˈanθəs/

▶noun a variety of asbestos with fine silky fibres which can be woven.

– origin C17: from L. amiantus, from Gk amiantos ‘not defiled’.

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