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Adjective: tomentose  tu'men,tows or 'tow-mun,tows
  1. (botany) covered with densely matted filaments
    "The tomentose leaves of the plant felt soft and fuzzy to the touch"
     
  2. (biology) densely covered with short matted woolly hairs
    "a tomentose leaf";
    - tomentous

See also: haired, hairy, hirsute

Encyclopedia: Tomentose