Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

floccose

[flok-ohs] / ˈflɒk oʊs /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

P. 1-1.5 cm. horizontal, shell-shaped, hygr. floccose, dry; g. crowded, branched; s. minute or absent; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. umbil. then infundib. fibrillose then squamulose, greyish lilac, edge blue; g. lilac then pallid; s. elongated, fibrillose, apex floccose, greyish lilac; sp. 7-8. var. minor, Sacc.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. convexo-plane, umb. with rusty floccose squamules that disappear; g. adnate, very broad, yellow; s. spongy, yellow; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 4-7 cm. conico-campan. gibbous, brownish-olive, densely covered with white feathery flecks; g. crowded, broad, edge entire, coloured like rest; s. 6-9 cm. clavato-bulbous, floccose, pale; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. unequal, yellowish white, with paler large woolly floccose scales when dry; g. striato-decur. crenulate, broad, umber at last; s. solid, narrowed upwards, white-scaly, base swollen and rooting, ring fugacious; sp. 8-9 � 5-6.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "floccose" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com