floccose

American  

[flok-ohs] / ˈflɒk oʊs /

adjective

1. Botany. consisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs.

2. flocculent.

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floccose British  

/ ˈflɒkəʊs /

adjective

1. consisting of or covered with woolly tufts or hairs

   floccose growths of bacteria

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Etymology

Origin of floccose

First recorded in 1745–55, floccose is from the Late Latin word floccōsus full of tufts of wool. See floccus, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

P. 1-2.5 cm. campan. floccose; g. slightly adnexed; s. 5-8 cm. hollow, villose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 1-1.5 cm. subumbilicate, at length plicate, pale yellow-brown then whitish; g. broadly adnate, simple, unequal, distant; s. 2-3 cm. floccose or scurfy, reddish-brown; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. thin, exp. flocculose, edge incurved, white veil evident; g. adnate, crowded, white then fuscescent, edge white, entire; s. thick, white, apex narrowed and striate, base floccose.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Differs from L. glioderma in p. not being campanulate, and stem floccose, not squamose. illinita, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 6-9 cm. soon plane, obtuse, floccose, whitish or tinge of tan; g. free; s. 5-9 cm. bulbous, whitish, silky, ring large; sp. 7-8 � 5. naucina, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Related Words

• woolly