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

Shrubby at base; three to fifteen feet high; densely tomentose.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

P. convex, obtuse, fibrillosely tomentose, brownish; g. subadnate; s. solid, equal, white, apex pruinose, with a cortinate median annular zone, otherwise glabrous. sindonia, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. hemisph. umbil. plicate, rugulosely tomentose; g. thick, very broad, edge white, crenulate; s. subexcentric, short, curved; sp. 12-15 � 7. semiflexa, B. and Br.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Leaves.—Alternate; nearly sessile; narrowly oblanceolate; acute; tomentose beneath; glabrous above; three to nine lines long; much fascicled.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

A medium-sized shrub or low-spreading bush, rarely reaching a hight of ten feet, the slender twigs usually tomentose.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.