floccose

[ flok-ohs ]

adjective

1. Botany. consisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs.
2. flocculent.

floccose

/ ˈflɒkəʊs /

adjective

1. consisting of or covered with woolly tufts or hairs

   floccose growths of bacteria

Word History and Origins

Origin of floccose¹

First recorded in 1745–55, floccose is from the Late Latin word floccōsus full of tufts of wool. See floccus, -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of floccose¹

C18: from Latin floccōsus full of flocks of wool

Example Sentences

Pileus and stem floccose or fibrillose at first from the universal veil. frustulenta, Fr.

From Project Gutenberg

Stem hollow and floccose, narrow at top, ventricose; ring evanescent.

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This is a large and beautiful plant in the woods, and easily identified because of its floccose nature and the large bulb at the base of the stem.

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The stem usually tapers downward, is firm, stuffed, smooth, or with remnants of the veil giving it a floccose scaly appearance, usually ascending because of the crowded growth.

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Stem short, not rooting, entering matrix abruptly, often with a small floccose tubercle at base.

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Related Words

• woolly