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tomentose

(tō men′tōs, tō′mən tōs′)

adjective

Biol. covered with a dense layer of short, matted, woolly hairs

Origin: ModL tomentosus < L tomentum: see tomentum

See tomentose in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Biology

Covered with short, dense, matted hairs.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin tōmentōsus

Origin: , from Latin tōmentum, cushion stuffing

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