Tomenta

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tomentum \To*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Tomenta}. [L. See {Tomentose}. ]
     (Bot.)
     The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or
     stems of some plants.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tomentum
       n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: {hair},
             {fuzz}]
       2: a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface
          of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex [syn: {tomentum
          cerebri}]
       [also: {tomenta} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tomenta
       See {tomentum}