English-Thai Dictionary
amianthus
N เยื่อ หินช นิดหนึ่ง มี เส้น ใย ละเอียด yuea-hin-cha-nid-nueng-me-sen-yai-la-iad
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
AMIANTHUS
Am `i *an "thus, n. Etym: [L. amiantus, Gr. (Min. )
Defn: Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.
New American Oxford Dictionary
amianthus
amianthus |ˌamɪˈanθəs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a variety of asbestos with fine silky fibres which can be woven. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin amiantus, from Greek amiantos ‘undefiled ’ (i.e. purified of stains by fire, it being incombustible ), from a- ‘not ’ + miainein ‘defile ’. The spelling was changed from the Latin on the pattern of plant names ending in -anthus, from Greek anthos ‘flower ’.
Oxford Dictionary
amianthus
amianthus |ˌamɪˈanθəs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a variety of asbestos with fine silky fibres which can be woven. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin amiantus, from Greek amiantos ‘undefiled ’ (i.e. purified of stains by fire, it being incombustible ), from a- ‘not ’ + miainein ‘defile ’. The spelling was changed from the Latin on the pattern of plant names ending in -anthus, from Greek anthos ‘flower ’.
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