floccose

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin floccosus.

Adjective[edit]

floccose (comparative more floccose, superlative most floccose)

(botany, mycology) Covered or growing in wooly tufts

Related terms[edit]

flocculose

Translations[edit]

covered or growing in wooly tufts

Portuguese: flocoso

References[edit]

“floccose”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

floccōse

vocative masculine singular of floccōsus

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