floccose

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin floccosus

Adjective

floccose (not comparable)

1. (botany, mycology) Covered or growing in wooly tufts

Related terms

• flocculose

Translations

covered or growing in wooly tufts

• Portuguese: flocoso

References

• “floccose” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.

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Latin

Adjective

floccōse

1. vocative masculine singular of floccōsus