cellophane


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cellophane /ˈsɛləfeɪn/
noun trademark a thin transparent wrapping material made from viscose.
– origin early 20th cent.: from cellulose + -phane, from diaphane, a kind of semi-transparent woven silk (from med. L. diaphanus ‘diaphanous’).
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