tomentose

1. 1.

   covered with densely matted filaments

   botany

2. 2.

   densely covered with short matted woolly hairs

   “a tomentose leaf”

   Synonymstomentous

   Similarhairy

   biology

Questions about tomentose

What does tomentose mean?

tomentose means "covered with densely matted filaments". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tomentose?

tomentose has 3 syllables: to-men-tose. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for tomentose?

Close synonyms include tomentous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tomentose a common word?

tomentose is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.