Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tomentose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tomentose \To"men*tose`\, a. [L. tomentum a stuffing of wool,
hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.)
Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a
tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tomentose
adj 1: (botany) covered with densely matted filaments
2: (biology) densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a
tomentose leaf" [syn: {tomentous}]
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