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TOMENTOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tomentous mean?
• TOMENTOUS (adjective)
The adjective TOMENTOUS has 1 sense:
1. densely covered with short matted woolly hairs
Familiarity information: TOMENTOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Densely covered with short matted woolly hairs
Synonyms:
tomentose; tomentous
Context example:
a tomentose leaf
Similar:
haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
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