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villose

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[vil-ohs] / ˈvɪl oʊs /

adjective

  1. villous.


Etymology

Origin of villose

First recorded in 1720–30, villose is from the Latin word villōsus shaggy. See villus, -ose 1

Example Sentences

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B. Pileus even, glabrous, neither villose, scaly nor viscid.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 cm. campan. obtuse, even, with feathery white squamules, pale ochre; g. adnexed, broad; s. 4-5 cm. villose, silvery; sp. 7-8 � 5. var. fimicola, Bern.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. exp. dry, everywhere floccosely villose, yellow tawny; g. narrow, yellow; s. elongated, stout, fibrillose, base thickened, yellow, ring narrow, entire. adiposa, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 1.5-2.5 cm. camp. obtuse, naked, deeply striate when moist, shining when dry, pallid or tinged yellowish-green; g. adnate; s. 4-7 cm. yellowish, viscid, glabrous, shining, base villose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The stem is slender, equal or slightly tapering upward, rather fragile; stuffed or hollow; generally villose or tomentose at the base; paler than, or colored like, the pileus.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

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