lanate

  • 71pubescent —   Densely covered with fine short hairs, e.g. the cataphylls of Ceratozamia euryphyllidia.   See also hirsute, lanate, pilose, sericeous, tomentose.   Cf. glabrous, nitidus …

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  • 72sericeous —   With fine hairs giving a silky texture, e.g. the cataphylls of Cycas diannanensis or the emerging leaves of Zamia hamannii.   See also hirsute, lanate, pilose, pubescent, tomentose.   Cf. glabrous, nitidus …

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  • 73tomentose —   Densely woolly in a finely matted fashion, e.g. the female cones of Dioon.   See also hirsute, lanate, pilose, pubescent, sericeous.   Cf. glabrous, nitidus …

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  • 74fleecy — adj 1. downy, fleece like, soft, smooth, la nuginose, lanuginous, velvety, velutinous; fluffy, feathery, flurry, nappy, shaggy. 2. woolly, lanate, lanose, flocculent, flocky, Bot. floccose. 3. hairy, pubescent, Bot., Entomol. tomentose, Both Bot …

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  • 75fluffy — adj 1. downy, pillowy, flossy, cottony, lanuginose, lanuginous; fleecy, woolly, furry, lanate, lanose, flocculent; feathery, fuzzy, flaky; nappy, pilose, velvety, peachy; pubescent, wispy, Bot. tomen tous, Bot. pappose. 2. light, featherweight,… …

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  • 76hairy — adj shaggy, hirsute, crinite, comose, comate, piliferous; downy, nappy, Bot., Entomol. tomentose, fuzzy, linty; woolly, lanate, fluffy, fleecy, furry, pile ous, Bot., Zool. pubescent, Bot. villous; tufted, floc culent, Bot. awned, Bot. aristate,… …

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  • 77rough — adj 1. irregular, uneven, coarse, not smooth, rugged, bumpy, jagged, craggy, scraggy; stony, rocky; stubbled, knotted, nodose, gnarled; wrinkly, rugulose, crinkly, corrugated, scaly; lumpy, nodulous. 2. shaggy, hairy, hirsute, crinose, trichoid;… …

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  • 78woolly — adj 1. lanate, lanose, flocculent, flocky, Bot. floccose. 2. hairy, pubescent, Bot., Entomol. tomentose, Bot. villous. 3. downy, fleecy, fleecelike, soft, smooth, lanuginose, velvety, velutinous; fluffy, feathery, furry, nappy, shaggy. 4.Informal …

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  • 79hairy — [adj1] having much hair bearded, bewhiskered, bristly, bushy, downy, fleecy, flocculent, fluffy, furry, fuzzy, hirsute, lanate, pileous, piliferous, pilose, pubescent, rough, shaggy, stubbly, tufted, unshaven, unshorn, villous, whiskered, woolly; …

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  • 80lanameter —   n. mechanical means of determining quality of wool.    ♦ lanate, a. woolly …

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