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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The membrane connecting the valves is finely villose, and is besides furnished with spines, conspicuously thicker and longer than those on the male S. Peronii.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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
Exp. even, purplish flesh colour, pellicle separable when dry; g. rosy violet; s. villose then striate.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Changed "floccossly" to "floccosely" on page 85: "floccosely villose."
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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