floccose

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin floccosus.

Adjective

floccose (comparative more floccose, superlative most floccose)

(botany, mycology) Covered or growing in wooly tufts

Related terms

flocculose

Translations

covered or growing in wooly tufts

Portuguese: flocoso

References

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

Latin

Adjective

floccōse

vocative masculine singular of floccōsus

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