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Webster 1913 Edition

Floccose

Floc-cose′

,

Adj.

[L.

floccosus

. Cf. 2d

,

Noun.

]

1.

Spotted with small tufts like wool.

Wright.

2.

(Bot.)

Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous.

Definition 2024

floccose

floccose

English

Adjective

floccose ‎(comparative more floccose, superlative most floccose)

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

References

“floccose” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.

Latin

Adjective

floccose

vocative masculine singular of floccosus