Definition for TO-MENT'OUS

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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