Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pilose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pilose \Pi*lose"\, a. [L. pilosus, fr. pilus hair. See {Pile}.]
1. Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering.
--Owen.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
3. (Bot.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long
hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pilose
adj : (biology) covered with hairs especially fine soft ones [syn:
{pilous}, {pilary}]
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