villous
Americanadjective
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covered with or of the nature of villi.
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having villiform processes.
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Botany. pubescent with long and soft hairs that are not interwoven.
adjective
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(of plant parts) covered with long hairs
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of, relating to, or having villi
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of villous
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at villose, -ous
Example Sentences
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Villous, bearing long and soft, straight or straightish hairs.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
T. helianthoìdes, L. Villous and somewhat viscid, 1–2° high, simple; leaves ovate or rhombic-oblong, sessile by a narrow base; involucral scales and rays about 1´ long.—Sandy soil, Va. and southward.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Villous disease of the bladder is innocent; that is to say, it does not spread to the neighbouring structures or implicate the lymphatic glands.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
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