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Chenille fabric
Type of yarn and the fabric made of it / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chenille (French pronunciation: [ʃənij(ə)]) is a type of yarn, or the fabric made from it. Chenille is the French word for caterpillar, whose fur the yarn is supposed to resemble.
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