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    floc·cose
    [ˈfläkōs]
    adjective
    botany
    floccose (adjective)
    1. covered with or consisting of woolly tufts.
    Origin
    mid 18th century: from late Latin floccosus, from Latin floccus ‘flock’.
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    adjective
    1. covered with or consisting of woolly tufts.
      fluffy
      woolly
      downy
      fuzzy
      feathery
      furry
      velvety
      shaggy
      soft
      smooth
      silky
      silken
      satiny
      cushiony
      pilose
      lanate
      lanose
      Opposite:
      coarse
     
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    What does floccose mean?
    Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. Define floccose. floccose synonyms, floccose pronunciation, floccose translation, English dictionary definition of floccose. adj. Botany Covered with tufts of soft hair, as the fruits of quince.

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    What is floccose growth?
    consisting of or covered with woolly tufts or hairs: floccose growths of bacteria. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 1. Want to thank TFD for its existence?

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    Where did floccose come from?
    flocculent. First recorded in 1745–55, floccose is from the Late Latin word floccōsus full of tufts of wool. See floccus, -ose 1 Pileus and stem floccose or fibrillose at first from the universal veil. frustulenta, Fr. Stem hollow and floccose, narrow at top, ventricose; ring evanescent.

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    What does floccus mean?
    [Late Latin floccōsus, from Latin floccus, tuft of wool.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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    What is a floccose mushroom?
    Floccose: Of a dense woolly structure. "The Elements of Bacteriological Technique" by John William Henry Eyre Mycelium floccose, giving rise to a distinct hymenium, fungus fleshy, membranaceous, woody or gelatinous. "The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise" by M. E. Hard It is sometimes smooth, sometimes floccose.

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    What does a floccose stem look like?
    The stem usually tapers downward, is firm, stuffed, smooth, or with remnants of the veil giving it a floccose scaly appearance, usually ascending because of the crowded growth. Stem short, not rooting, entering matrix abruptly, often with a small floccose tubercle at base. Floccose definition: . See examples of FLOCCOSE used in a sentence.

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