Floccose

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered or growing in wooly tufts
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs wordnet

Synonyms

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hairy

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin floccosus.

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