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Webster 1913 Edition


Tomentous

To-men′tous

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Adj.
Tomentose.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tomentous

TOMENT'OUS

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Adj.
[L. tomentum, down.] In botany, downy; nappy; cottony; or flocky; covered with hairs so close as scarcely to be discernible, or with a whitish down, like wool; as a tomentous stem or leaf.

Definition 2024


tomentous

tomentous

English

Adjective

tomentous (comparative more tomentous, superlative most tomentous)

  1. Alternative form of tomentose