floccose

[ flok-ohs ]

/ ˈflɒk oʊs /

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adjective

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

flocculent.

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Origin of floccose

First recorded in 1745–55, floccose is from the Late Latin word floccōsus full of tufts of wool. See floccus, -ose¹

Words nearby floccose

floaty, flob, floc, floccillation, floccinaucinihilipilification, floccose, flocculant, flocculate, flocculation, floccule, flocculent

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How to use floccose in a sentence

The plants are usually hygrophanous, but when dry, floccose or slightly silky.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
This species differs mainly from H. leporinus in that the latter is quite floccose on the pileus.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
Pileus is rather fleshy, convex, then expanded, torn into adpressed floccose scales.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
Veil rather thick, floccose, disappearing, leaving remnant on stem and margin of pileus when fresh.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard

Stem even at the base, tapering to a short root, transversely floccose, scaly both above and below the ring.
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British Dictionary definitions for floccose

floccose

/ (ˈflɒkəʊs) /

adjective

consisting of or covered with woolly tufts or hairsfloccose growths of bacteria

Word Origin for floccose

C18: from Latin floccōsus full of flocks of wool

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