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Webster 1913 Edition

Tomentose

To′men-toseˊ

,

Adj.

[L.

tomentum

a stuffing of wool, hair, or feathers: cf. F.

tomenteux

.]

(Bot. & Zool.)

Covered with matted woolly hairs;

as, a

tomentose

leaf; a

tomentose

leaf; a

tomentose

membrane

.