pannose

[ pan-ohs ]

/ ˈpæn oʊs /

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adjective Botany.

having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.

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Origin of pannose

1865–70; <Latin pannōsus full of rags, tattered, equivalent to pann(us) cloth, rag (cf. pane) + -ōsus-ose¹

pan·nose·ly, adverb