tomentose

American  

[tuh-men-tohs, toh-muhn-tohs] / təˈmɛn toʊs, ˈtoʊ mənˌtoʊs /

adjective

Botany, Entomology.

1. closely covered with down or matted hair.

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Etymology

Origin of tomentose

From the New Latin word tōmentōsus, dating back to 1690–1700. See tomentum, -ose ¹

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Example Sentences

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tomentose

P. 6-10 cm. firm, long, 2-5 cm. broad, broadly attached, flesh 4-6 mm. thick, pallid or tinged brown, rather zoned, tomentose; g. thin, forked, whitish; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

Leaves.—Alternate; nearly sessile; narrowly oblanceolate; acute; tomentose beneath; glabrous above; three to nine lines long; much fascicled.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

P. corky, soft, plane, zoneless, whitish, tomentose; g. thin, dichot. anastomosing, entire, whitish.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. convex, obtuse, tinged fuscous, covered with tomentose imbricated scales; g. white; s. solid, very long, ring distant. holosericea, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 2-4 cm. conico-exp. with squarrose tomentose scales, sooty; g. yellow then olive; s. 4-5 cm. solid, equal, floccosely scaly; sp. ——. calamistrata, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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