tomentose

American  

[tuh-men-tohs, toh-muhn-tohs] / təˈmɛn toʊs, ˈtoʊ mənˌtoʊs /

adjective

Botany, Entomology.

1. closely covered with down or matted hair.

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Etymology

Origin of tomentose

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

Example Sentences

Usually low, persistently tomentose, rarely at all glabrate; leaves much smaller, spatulate to oblong, all entire or some cut-toothed or pinnatifid; achenes glabrous.—N. Minn.,

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. globose, disc becoming plane and umbil., edge roundly incurved; g. adnate, crowded, broad; s. apex flocculose, base tomentose.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

A medium-sized shrub or low-spreading bush, rarely reaching a hight of ten feet, the slender twigs usually tomentose.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.