lanate
Americanadjective
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Origin of lanate
1750–60; < Latin lānātus woolly, equivalent to lān ( a ) wool + -ātus -ate 1
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Lanate, Lanose, woolly; clothed with long and soft entangled hairs.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Lanate -atus: woolly: covered with dense, fine, long hairs, so distinct that they may be separated.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
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