villose
Americanadjective
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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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 Charles Darwin
P. 1-2.5 cm. campan. floccose; g. slightly adnexed; s. 5-8 cm. hollow, villose; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. subumbil. floccosely villose, blackish blue; s. capillary. aethiops, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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 George Massee
B. Pileus even, glabrous, neither villose, scaly nor viscid.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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