Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VIL'LOUS, a. [L. villosus, from villus, hair, Eng. wool.]

1. Abounding with fine hairs or wooly substance; nappy; shaggy; rough; as, a villous coat. The villous coat of the stomach and intestines is the inner mucous membrane, so called from the innumerable villi or fine fibrils with which its internal surface is covered. Cyc. Parr.
2. In botany, covered with soft hairs.