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tomentose


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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