What Does Tomentulose Mean?

Tomentose are plant hairs that are flattened and matted. The Latin word meaning 'cushion stuffing,' tomentum, is used to describe a woolly coating formed by the 'tomentose' hairs. Often the hairs are silver or gray-colored. Where the tomentum is minute or only slight, the coating is described as 'tomentulose'.

What does Tomentose mean?

: covered with densely matted woolly hairs a tomentose leaf.

What does Villose mean?

[vil´ōs] shaggy with soft hairs; covered with villi.