tomentose

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tomentose
    adj 1: covered with densely matted filaments
    2: densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose
       leaf" [syn: {tomentose}, {tomentous}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tomentose \To"men*tose`\, a. [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.
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