tomentose

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Definition of tomentose in English English dictionary

In entomology and plant morphology, a taxonomic component which is covered in hairs. There will be dense matted hairs on leaf, stem or seed

Covered with thick tangled hair

{a} downy, covered with down

densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose leaf" covered with densely matted filaments

Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane

covered with densely matted filaments

densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose leaf"

tomentous

Etymology

[ tO-'men-"tOs, 'tO-m&n- ] (adjective.) 1698. New Latin tomentosus, from tomentum.