Tomentose
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Tomentose are plant hairs that are flattened and matted.[1] The Latin word meaning 'cushion stuffing,' tomentum, is used to describe a woolly coating formed by the 'tomentose' hairs.[1]
Often the hairs are silver or gray-colored. Where the tomentum is minute or only slight, the coating is described as 'tomentulose'.
Plant species that have this type of structure and visual quality can have 'tomentose' as a prefix in their botanical name.
- Examples
- Achillea tomentosa
- Aristolochia tomentosa
- Opuntia tomentosa
- Paulownia tomentosa
- Rhodomyrtus tomentosa
- Uncaria tomentosa.
See also
- Index: Biology terminology
References
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