floccose
Americanadjective
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
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P. 3-5 cm. exp. obtuse, rugulose, smoky, sprinkled with floccose bloom; g. flesh-colour; 3-4 cm. solid, rigid, striate, white; sp. subgl. echin. 5-6. var. lutescens, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. 5-12 cm. exp. cinnamon or with a pink tinge, dry, granulose or floccose, margin remotely sulcate; g. with decurrent line down stem, crowded; s. 5-8 cm., white, mealy; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. cylindr. then campan. white then grey, covered with white floccose squamules; g. free, narrow; s. equal, hollow, floccosely scaly then glabrous, white, shining, base densely fibrous; sp. subg.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. cylindric-clavate then exp. 1.5-2 cm. hyaline, striate, at first with white floccose squamules; g. free; s. 4-5 cm. white, downy at first, hollow; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Pileus with superficial, floccose scales which fall away. cascum, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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