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Tomentum
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To-men′tum
,Noun.
pl.
Tomenta
(#)
. [L. See
Tomentose
. ] (Bot.)
The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.
Definition 2025
tomentum
tomentum
English
Noun
tomentum (plural tomenta)
- (botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
- (zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
- (anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.
Translations
matted woolly down on the surface of a plant
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /toːˈmen.tum/, [toːˈmɛn.tũ]
Noun
tōmentum n (genitive tōmentī); second declension
- stuffing (for pillows, mattresses etc)
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tōmentum | tōmenta |
| genitive | tōmentī | tōmentōrum |
| dative | tōmentō | tōmentīs |
| accusative | tōmentum | tōmenta |
| ablative | tōmentō | tōmentīs |
| vocative | tōmentum | tōmenta |
References
- tomentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tomentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tomentum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- de Vaan, Michiel, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, vol. 7, of Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, Alexander Lubotsky ed., Leiden: Brill, 2008.