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to·men·tose (tō men′tōs, tō′mən tōs′)

adjective

Biol. covered with a dense layer of short, matted, woolly hairs

Etymology: ModL tomentosus < L tomentum: see tomentum

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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