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Definition of Tomentum
1. Noun. Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. "Peach fuzz"
Generic synonyms: Enation, Plant Process
Specialized synonyms: Stinging Hair, Beard
2. Noun. A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.
Definition of Tomentum
1. n. The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.
Definition of Tomentum
1. Noun. (botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence. ¹
3. Noun. (anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tomentum
1. a network of small blood vessels [n -TA]
Medical Definition of Tomentum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tomentum
Literary usage of Tomentum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1919)
"Thorax shining brownish-black with white and some yellow tomentum; yellow pile
in front and white on sides and on scutellum; scutellum except base brownish ..."
2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1892)
"Bristles of thorax yellow; light colored tomentum of abdomen yellowish, excepta
cross-band of white tomentum on apex of the first segment; pile on sides of ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"H. tomentum on under surface of hs. white 30. candicans HH. tomentum on under
surface rusty 31. Simpsonii OG. Tendrils continuous (at every node a tendril ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1919)
"silvery tomentum; occiput with silvery tomentum; oral margin narrowly black; ...
Thorax shining brownish-black with white and some yellow tomentum; ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1895)
"Head black, tomentum of occiput blue in the centre, white next the eyes; antennae
brown, the first joint covered with blue ..."
6. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... with cottony tomentum ; the stem or branches terminated by solitary somewhat
large and ¡-howy 1 rays violet-blue or purple : disk yellow, often changing ..."
7. Flora Cestrica: An Attempt to Enumerate and Describe the Flowering and by William Darlington (1837)
"Drupe roundish-oral, same- ahat compressed, near an inch in diameter, yellowish
Kith a purple blush, clothed uith a fuie soft tomentum. Hab. ..."
8. The Journal of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London (1857)
"Face with white tomentum. Female. Face with pale gilded tomentum. ... Thorax with
two stripes and two hands of gilded tomentum. Pectus gilded. ..."
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