tomentose

American  

[tuh-men-tohs, toh-muhn-tohs] / təˈmɛn toʊs, ˈtoʊ mənˌtoʊs /

adjective

Botany, Entomology.

1. closely covered with down or matted hair.

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Etymology

Origin of tomentose

From the New Latin word tōmentōsus, dating back to 1690–1700. See tomentum, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

P. thin campan. then exp. tomentose, squamulose; g. free, grey then blackish; s. narrowed upwards, glabrous above, downy below, base with white tomentum.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 9-18 cm. umbil. tomentose, zoneless; g. decurrent, distant; s. solid, pubescent, 5-8 cm.; milk scanty, white; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 1-1.5 cm. camp. pale bluish grey, umb. darker, then tan, finely striate; g. whitish, edge darker with minute particles; s. greyish, minutely floccose, rooting and tomentose at base; sp. ——. aurantiomarginata, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Leaves densely tomentose and paler or white beneath.—S. C. and Ga. to Tenn. and Mo. 11.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. corky, soft, plane, zoneless, whitish, tomentose; g. thin, dichot. anastomosing, entire, whitish.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George