floc·cu·lent (flŏkˈyə-lənt)

1. Having a fluffy or wooly appearance.
2. Containing numerous shreds or fluffy particles of grayish or white mucus or other material. Used of a fluid such as urine.
3. Of or being a fluid bacterial culture in which there are numerous colonies either floating in the fluid medium or loosely deposited at the bottom.
4. Having a soft waxy or wool-like covering, as of certain insects.

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• flocˈcu·lence noun