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tomentose, a.|təʊˈmɛntəʊs|
[ad. mod.L. tōmentōs-us, It. tomentoso, f. L. tōment-um stuffing for cushions + -ose.]
1. Bot. Closely covered with down or short hairs; pubescent, downy. Also as second element, in albo-tomentose, covered with white down, farinose-tomentose, covered with mealy down, etc.
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 40 (Plate) Nutts..whose tomentose husk taken off, leaves the Areca nut. 1699Sloane in Phil. Trans. XXI. 116 Pappous and tomentose Seeds of Hieracium, Lisymachia. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxix. (1794) 455 The surface..tomentose or nappy underneath. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. App. 307 Stem..glabrous or sparsely tomentose. 1887W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 61 Peziza grandis..externally olivaceous-umber, with a lacunose albo-tomentose base. Ibid. 269 Externally farinose-tomentose, pale red or dilute-cinnamon.
2. Entom. and Anat. Flocculent, flossy, woolly.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 276 Tomentose... Covered with short interwoven inconspicuous hairs. 1852Dana Crust. i. 240 The pubescence or tomentose covering is exceedingly short. 1859Todd's Cycl. Anat. V. 636/1 A tomentose or..villous condition of the surface. 1872Peaslee Ovar. Tumors 35 If the latter be purulent, it becomes fungous, tomentose, reddish. |