villose

American  

[vil-ohs] / ˈvɪl oʊs /

adjective

1. villous.

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Etymology

Origin of villose

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

Example Sentences

Besides these larger spines, the whole surface is villose with very minute colourless spines, not above 1/20th of the length of the larger ones.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

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. 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

P. 8-11 cm. compact, discoid, tomentose edge violet, rest bay; g. decur.-emarginate, bluish then tan; s. 8-11 cm. villose at first blue then whitish; sp. 9-10 � 5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 3-5 cm. plano-depr. unequal, dry, white; g. closely crowded, narrow; s. 2-3 cm. floccosely villose, white, becoming blackish inside; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George