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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOMENTOUS

a.[L. tomentum, down. ] In botany, downy; nappy; cottony; or flocky; covered with hairs so close as scarcely to be discernible, or with a whitish down, like wool; as a tomentous stem or leaf.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TOMENTOUS

TOMENTOUS To *men "tous, a.

 

Defn: Tomentose.