floccose

An obsolete adjective describing something that is covered with soft, woolly tufts or flakes.

• 🇷🇺Устаревшее прилагательное, описывающее что-то, покрытое мягкими, пушистыми пучками или хлопьями.

1. Having woolly tufts C2 formal scientific

   Describing a plant surface that is covered with soft, woolly tufts of hairs.

   • The stem of this alpine plant is floccose, providing insulation against cold.
   • Botanists noted the floccose texture on the underside of the leaves.
   • The floccose coating makes the species easily identifiable in the field.
   • Young shoots appear floccose before the hairs shed as they mature.

   🇷🇺Покрытый пушистыми пучками

   Синонимы: cottonyfleecyflocculentlanatetomentosewoolly

   Антонимы: glabroussmooth

• more floccose comparative form
• most floccose superlative form