tomentose

/'toumentous/ Cách viết khác : (tomentous) /tou'mentəs/

Thân thiện

The leaf is tomentose, with a soft, fuzzy surface.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Densely covered with short, matted, woolly hairs: In botany, "tomentose" describes a surface, especially of a plant part like a leaf or stem, that is densely covered with a layer of short, soft, interwoven hairs, giving it a woolly or felt-like texture.
   • Covered with densely matted filaments: This definition extends the concept to any surface covered with a matted layer of fine, thread-like structures.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The underside of the leaf was distinctly tomentose, feeling like soft felt to the touch.
  • Botanists identified the species by its tomentose stems.

Advanced Usage

• "tomentose pubescence": A more technical botanical term specifying a woolly type of hairiness.
  • The plant's characteristic tomentose pubescence helps reduce water loss.

Variants and Related Words

• Tomentum (n): The dense covering of matted, woolly hairs itself.
  • The silvery appearance was due to a dense tomentum on the leaves.

Synonyms

• Woolly: Covered with or resembling wool.
• Felted: Matted together into a dense fabric-like layer.
• Pubescent: (In botany) Covered with short, soft hairs; a broader term that includes tomentose as a specific type.

Antonyms

• Glabrous: (Especially in botany) Having a surface free from hair or down; smooth.
• Glabrescent: Becoming glabrous or hairless with age.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. densely covered with short matted woolly hairs
   • a tomentose leaf
2. covered with densely matted filaments

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tomentous