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Webster 1913 Edition


Pilose

Pi-lose′

,
Adj.
[L.
pilosus
, fr.
pilus
hair. See
Pile
.]
1.
Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
The heat-retaining property of the
pilose
covering.
Owen.
2.
(Zool.)
Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
3.
(Bot.)
Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy;
as,
pilose
pubescence
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pilose

PILO'SE