Tomentose

What do we mean by tomentose?

Covered with short, dense, matted hairs. adjective

In botany, covered with hairs so close as scarcely to be distinguished; densely pubescent with matted wool or tomentum; coated with down-like hairs.

In entomology, clothed with short inconspicuous hairs interwoven or matted together.

In anatomy, fleecy; flocculent. See tomentum, 2.

Covered with matted woolly hairs. adjective

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

Densely covered with short matted woolly hairs adjective

Covered with densely matted filaments adjective

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Words that are spelled similarly to tomentose:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tomentose:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe tomentose:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective tomentose:
leaves, branches, pubescence, hairs, spots, stalks, scales, appearance, brown, shrub, outside, twigs, ovary, shoots.

Consonant match to tomentose:
tom enters.

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