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Noun: tomentum (tomenta)  tu'men-tum
  1. Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
    "peach tomentum";
    - hair, fuzz
     
  2. A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex
    - tomentum cerebri

Derived forms: tomenta

Type of: capillary, capillary vessel, enation, plant process

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