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Tomentum (Plural: Tomenta) [ Botany - Biology ]

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  A downy pubescence of tiny hairs on leaves and other plant parts  
     
Tomentum  [ Botany - Biology ]
Adjective: Tomentose
Synonym: Tomentous, hairy
     
 

A surface feature that can be found on different  organs of a plant.  Having very dense, minute,  short, soft hairs on the surface that are so matted together that cannot be separated, almost woolly.

 
     
[ From Latin "tomentus", stuffing for a cushion]    See: Surface features  

 

Tomentose leaf
Tomentose ribs (Echinopsis cv. Haku-jo)
     

 


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