TOMENT'OUS, adjective [Latin tomentum, down.] In botany, downy; nappy; cottony; or flocky; covered with hairs so close as scarcely to be discernible, or with a whitish down, like wool; as a tomentous stem or leaf.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.