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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. covered with densely matted filaments;

2. densely covered with short matted woolly hairs;
- Example: "a tomentose leaf"
[syn: tomentose, tomentous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tomentose \To"men*tose`\, a. [L. tomentum a stuffing of wool,
   hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux.] (Bot. & Zool.)
   Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a
   tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tomentose
    adj 1: covered with densely matted filaments
    2: densely covered with short matted woolly hairs; "a tomentose
       leaf" [syn: tomentose, tomentous]