Tomentose

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This glossary definition is part of the Purdue Arboretum learning resource database, providing educational information on campus flora, morphology, and botanical terminology.

Synonyms: dense woolly hairs, Floccose, Floccoses, Indumenta, Indumentum, Lanate, Lanates, long soft hairs, Pilose, Piloses, Tomentoses, Velutinous, Velutinouses, Villosulous, Villosulouses, Villous, Villouses, Woollies, woolly, Woolly

Tomentose
A dense wooly covering. This feature helps describe plant form, function, or identification.

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