tomentousadj.

Brit.

/təˈmɛntəs/,

/ˈtəʊm(ə)ntəs/, U.S.

/toʊˈmɛn(t)əs/,

/ˈtoʊmən(t)əs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin tomentosus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin tomentosus tomentose adj.; compare -ous suffix.

Chiefly Botany. Now somewhat rare.

Closely covered with down or short fine hairs; pubescent, downy. Also: †having a flocculent, downy, or felted appearance (obsolete). Cf. tomentose adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair

beardedc1450

downy1551

cottoned1578

friezed1578

maned1578

woolly1578

hairy1597

bristle-pointed1601

comous1657

fimbrious1657

tomentous1657

shagged1671

tomentose1698

crinated1724

villose1727

hispid1753

pubescent1760

setose1760

villous1766

lashed1776

silky1776

strigous1776

sericeous1777

awny1786

awned1787

strigose1793

shaggy1796

stupose1799

thready1804

feather-headed1821

setous1822

aristate1829

filamentous1835

fimbriate1836

puberulent1841

puberulous1841

sericated1848

barbate1853

strigillose1857

fimbrilliferous1866

ciliolate1870

fimbrillose1884

strigulated1899

the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > down

mosya1475

mossy1567

callow down1598

tomentous1657

tomentose1698

pluffy1809

fluffy1848

pilar1860

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > hairiness > woolly or downy

downy1551

tomentous1657

tomentose1698

lanate1760

velutinous1826

fluffy1848

lanose1852

flocculent1870

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Tt3^v Its leafs are tomentous [L. tomentosa], and its flowers of a violaceous black colour.

1727 E. Strother tr. P. Hermann Materia Medica I. 160 The Ancients us'd its tomentous (or downy) Leaves for Links or Lamps.

1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. §285 Leaves cordate, doubly-serrated, tomentous beneath.

1833 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 19 136 A vascular and tomentous membrane had been formed on the surface of the peritoneum.

1983 S. Plant tr. M. Moser Keys to Agarics & Boleti 349 Cap 1–4 cm, usually tomentous to adpressedly scaly.

2008 Molecular Phylogenetics & Evol. 46 449 Peduncle in cross section roundish, smooth or tomentous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tomentous
释义	tomentousadj. Brit. /təˈmɛntəs/, /ˈtəʊm(ə)ntəs/, U.S. /toʊˈmɛn(t)əs/, /ˈtoʊmən(t)əs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin tomentosus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin tomentosus tomentose adj.; compare -ous suffix. Chiefly Botany. Now somewhat rare. Closely covered with down or short fine hairs; pubescent, downy. Also: †having a flocculent, downy, or felted appearance (obsolete). Cf. tomentose adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair beardedc1450 downy1551 cottoned1578 friezed1578 maned1578 woolly1578 hairy1597 bristle-pointed1601 comous1657 fimbrious1657 tomentous1657 shagged1671 tomentose1698 crinated1724 villose1727 hispid1753 pubescent1760 setose1760 villous1766 lashed1776 silky1776 strigous1776 sericeous1777 awny1786 awned1787 strigose1793 shaggy1796 stupose1799 thready1804 feather-headed1821 setous1822 aristate1829 filamentous1835 fimbriate1836 puberulent1841 puberulous1841 sericated1848 barbate1853 strigillose1857 fimbrilliferous1866 ciliolate1870 fimbrillose1884 strigulated1899 the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > down mosya1475 mossy1567 callow down1598 tomentous1657 tomentose1698 pluffy1809 fluffy1848 pilar1860 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > villosity or ciliation > [adjective] > hairiness > woolly or downy downy1551 tomentous1657 tomentose1698 lanate1760 velutinous1826 fluffy1848 lanose1852 flocculent1870 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Tt3^v Its leafs are tomentous [L. tomentosa], and its flowers of a violaceous black colour. 1727 E. Strother tr. P. Hermann Materia Medica I. 160 The Ancients us'd its tomentous (or downy) Leaves for Links or Lamps. 1806 J. Galpine Synoptical Compend Brit. Bot. §285 Leaves cordate, doubly-serrated, tomentous beneath. 1833 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 19 136 A vascular and tomentous membrane had been formed on the surface of the peritoneum. 1983 S. Plant tr. M. Moser Keys to Agarics & Boleti 349 Cap 1–4 cm, usually tomentous to adpressedly scaly. 2008 Molecular Phylogenetics & Evol. 46 449 Peduncle in cross section roundish, smooth or tomentous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1657
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