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floccose, a.|flɒˈkəʊs|
[ad. late L. floccōs-us, f. floccus: see -ose.]
1. Furnished with a tuft (or tufts) of woolly hair. ? Obs.
1752Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 542 The tail [of the lion] is long, thick, and floccose.
2. Bot. Covered with or composed of flocci.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 331 In the..foliaceous species [of Lichens], the medulla is distinctly floccose. 1874Cooke Fungi (1875) 74 The spores..nestling on the floccose mycelium.
Hence floˈccosely adv., in a floccose manner.
1840–68Paxton Bot. Dict., Floccosely-tomentose, down, disposed in little tufts. 1847in Craig. |