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

Hybrids with n. 6 have equally broad and large but duller green leaves, softly tomentose beneath and with shorter petioles, the aments equally thick but usually recurved, and the capsules on shorter pedicels.

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. corky, soft, plane, zoneless, whitish, tomentose; g. thin, dichot. anastomosing, entire, whitish.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. hemisph. umbil. plicate, rugulosely tomentose; g. thick, very broad, edge white, crenulate; s. subexcentric, short, curved; sp. 12-15 � 7. semiflexa, B. and Br.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Differs from L. hispida in pileus not being tomentose, and paler colour.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. thin, stipitate at first then resupinate and stem disappearing, tomentose, clear yellow then pale; g. crowded, orange-yellow then cinnamon; sp. rusty.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George