floccose

[ flok-ohs ]
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adjective
  1. Botany. consisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs.

Origin of floccose

1
First recorded in 1745–55, floccose is from the Late Latin word floccōsus full of tufts of wool. See floccus, -ose1

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floccose

/ (ˈflɒkəʊs) /


adjective
  1. consisting of or covered with woolly tufts or hairs: floccose growths of bacteria

Origin of floccose

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C18: from Latin floccōsus full of flocks of wool

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