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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin floccosus.
Adjective
floccose (comparative more floccose, superlative most floccose)
- (botany, mycology) Covered or growing in wooly tufts
Translations
covered or growing in wooly tufts
References
Latin
Adjective
floccōse
- vocative masculine singular of floccōsus