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Adjective: tomentose  tu'men,tows or 'tow-mun,tows
  1. (biology) densely covered with short matted woolly hairs
    "a tomentose leaf";
    - tomentous
     
  2. (botany) covered with densely matted filaments

See also: haired, hairy, hirsute

Encyclopedia: Tomentose