pilous

An obsolete adjective meaning covered with hair or having a hairy texture.

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo anticuado que significa cubierto de pelo o que tiene una textura vellosa o peluda.

1. Covered with fine soft hairs C2 formal

   Having a surface covered with fine, soft hairs, especially as a botanical or biological characteristic.

   • The leaf of this plant is pilous to the touch.
   • The stem is pilous, with tiny hairs that protect it from insects.
   • Botanists noted the pilous texture of the specimen.

   🇪🇸Piloso

   Sinónimos: downyflocculenthairypubescenttomentose

   Antónimos: glabroushairlesssmooth