| Pronunciation: | | tu'mentows
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [adj] (biology) densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose leaf"
- [adj] (botany) covered with densely matted filaments
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TOMENTOSE is a 9 letter word that starts with T. |
| | Synonyms: | | hairy, hirsute, tomentous |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \To"men*tose`\, a. [L. tomentum a stuffing of wool,
hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.)
Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a
tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.
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