tomentum

noun

Meaning

A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.

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Related words

hair(English)fuzz(English)tomentum cerebri(English)thrum(English)tentacle(English)thread(English)capillament(English)coma(English)tomentose(English)petiole(English)sessile(English)lanceolate(English)

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