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TOMENTOSE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Densely covered with short matted woolly hairs
Example:
a tomentose leaf
Synonyms:
tomentose; tomentous
Classified under:
Similar:
haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Covered with densely matted filaments
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Pertainym:
tomentum (filamentous hairlike growth on a plant)
