tomentous

• 过时形容词，指覆盖着浓密、缠结、绒毛状毛发的；主要用于植物学描述。

An obsolete adjective meaning covered with dense, matted, woolly hairs; used primarily in botanical descriptions.

1. Densely covered with short matted woolly hairsC2formal

   Describes a surface, especially of a plant, that is thickly covered with short, tangled, woolly hairs.

   绒毛状的

   • The leaf of this plant is tomentous, giving it a soft, fuzzy texture.
   • Botanists noted the tomentous stem of the newly discovered species.
   • The tomentous underside of the leaf helps reduce water loss.

   同义词feltedlanatewoolly

   反义词baldglabroushairlesssmooth