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pannose

American  
[pan-ohs] / ˈpæn oʊs /

adjective

Botany.

  1. having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.

Other Word Forms

  • pannosely adverb

Etymology

Origin of pannose

1865–70; < Latin pannōsus full of rags, tattered, equivalent to pann ( us ) cloth, rag ( pane ) + -ōsus -ose 1

Example Sentences

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Pannose, covered with a felt of woolly hairs.

From Project Gutenberg

P. campan.-convex, gibbous, dusky rufous, pannose when dry; g. free, blackish; s. stout, rigid, ascending, flocculose, rufescent, veil arachnoid.

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