pannose

American

[pan-ohs] / ˈpæn oʊs /

adjective

Botany.

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 ( cf. pane) + -ōsus -ose ¹

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pannose

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

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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