TOMETOM'FOOL
TO-MENT'OUS, a. [L. tomentum, down.]
In botany, downy; nappy; cottony; or flocky; covered with hairs so close as scarcely to be discernible, or with a whitish down, like wool; as, a tomentous stem or leaf. Martyn. Lee.
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