pannose

[ pan-ohs ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. having the texture of felt or woolen cloth.

Other Words From

• pannose·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pannose¹

1865–70; < Latin pannōsus full of rags, tattered, equivalent to pann ( us ) cloth, rag ( pane ) + -ōsus -ose ¹

Example Sentences

Pannose, covered with a felt of woolly hairs.

From Project Gutenberg

P. campan.-convex, gibbous, dusky rufous, pannose when dry; g. free, blackish; s. stout, rigid, ascending, flocculose, rufescent, veil arachnoid.

From Project Gutenberg