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TOMENTUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: tomenta   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex

Synonyms:

tomentum; tomentum cerebri

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("tomentum" is a kind of...):

capillary; capillary vessel (any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

Example:

peach fuzz

Synonyms:

fuzz; hair; tomentum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tomentum" is a kind of...):

enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tomentum"):

stinging hair (a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid)

beard (a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses)

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