capillaire

From French capillaire (“maidenhair”).

capillaire (countable and uncountable, plural capillaires)

1. (archaic) A syrup prepared from the maidenhair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.
2. (archaic) Any simple syrup flavoured with orange flowers.

Borrowed from Latin capillāris, from capillus (whence cheveu).

• IPA^(key): /ka.pi.lɛʁ/

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capillaire (plural capillaires)

1. capillary

capillaire m (plural capillaires)

1. capillary (any of the small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)

• “capillaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.