tomentose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective covered with densely matted filaments
  2. adjective satellite densely covered with short matted woolly hairs
    tomentous.
    • a tomentose leaf

WordNet

To"men*tose` adjective
Etymology
L. tomentum a stuffing of wool, hair, or feathers: cf. F. tomenteux.
Definitions
  1. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Covered with matted woolly hairs; as, a tomentose leaf; a tomentose leaf; a tomentose membrane.

Webster 1913