filigrain

filigrain
/fil"i grayn'/, n.
filigree.
Also, filigrane.
[1660-70; < F filigrane watermark, filigree < It filigrana < L fili-, comb. form of filum thread + grana, pl. of GRANUM GRAIN]

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