floccose
1Floccose — Floc*cose , a. [L. floccosus. Cf. 2d {Flock}, n.] 1. Spotted with small tufts like wool. Wright. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous. [1913 Webster] …
2floccose — [fläk′ōs΄] adj. [LL floccosus < L floccus: see FLOCCUS] covered with soft wool or wool like tufts …
3floccose — /flok ohs/, adj. 1. Bot. consisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs. 2. flocculent. [1745 55; < LL floccosus full of tufts of wool. See FLOCCUS, OSE1] * * * …
4floccose — adjective Covered or growing in wooly tufts …
5floccose — In bacteriology, applied to a growth of short, curving filaments or chains closely but irregularly disposed. [L. floccus, a flock of wool] * * * floc·cose (flokґōs) [L. floccosus full of flocks of wool] woolly; said of a bacterial growth… …
6floccose — floc·cose || flÉ‘kəʊs / flÉ’k adj. hairy, having small tufts (Botany) …
7floccose — [ flɒkəʊs] adjective chiefly Botany covered with or consisting of woolly tufts. Origin C18: from late L. floccosus, from L. floccus flock …
8floccose — Bearing soft, uneven hairs, e.g. the cataphylls of Cycas cairnsiana …
9floccose — floc·cose …
10floccose — /ˈflɒkoʊs/ (say flokohs), /flɒˈkoʊs/ (say flo kohs) adjective 1. Botany consisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs. 2. → flocculent. {Late Latin floccōsus, from Latin floccus flock of wool} …
