floccose

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin floccosus.

Adjective

floccose (comparative more floccose, superlative most floccose)

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

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Latin

Adjective

floccōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of floccōsus