Pi‐lose″ (?), a. [L. pilosus, fr. pilus hair. See Pile.] 1. Hairy; full of, or made of, hair.
The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering. Owen.
2. (Zoöl.) Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
3. (Bot.) Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.