(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:50:44

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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