Noun: tomentum (tomenta) tu'men-tum
- Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
"The leaf's fuzzy tomentum gave it a silvery appearance";
- hair, fuzz
- A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex
"The tomentum cerebri helps supply blood to the outer layers of the brain";
- tomentum cerebri
Derived forms: tomenta
Type of: capillary, capillary vessel, enation, plant process
Encyclopedia: Tomentum