tomentose

[tuh-men-tohs, toh-muhn-tohs]

adjective

Botany, Entomology.

1. closely covered with down or matted hair.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tomentose¹

From the New Latin word tōmentōsus, dating back to 1690–1700. See tomentum, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Fronds of small size, 1–4-pinnate, the lower surface almost always either hairy, tomentose, chaffy, or covered with a fine waxy white or yellow powder.

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Sepals.—Rather narrow; six lines long or less; minutely tomentose.

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P. thin campan. then exp. tomentose, squamulose; g. free, grey then blackish; s. narrowed upwards, glabrous above, downy below, base with white tomentum.

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Lower side of leaf densely tomentose White Poplar, Populus alba. 6b.

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Leaves 5 to 6 in. long, oval to obovate, acute, obtuse, or even cordate at base, regularly but usually not deeply sinuate, rather rigid, usually very tomentose beneath.

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