flocculent

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They invariably come laden with words that seem meant to prove his vocabulary is bigger than yours: flocculent, crapulent, caducous, anaglypta, mephitic, velutinous.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2020

“A vast, flocculent cloud darkened and devitalized the city, mimicking the family mood like weather does in memories.”

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2019

Complete digestion, at any rate in the Calcutta form, takes several days to accomplish, and after the process is finished a flocculent mass of colourless excreta is emitted from the mouth.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

After the earlier moults, the thin skin is covered with very fine snow-white hairs, between which there is developed a curious whitish exudation, so that the caterpillars have a flocculent appearance.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

D. Leaves flocculent or cobwebby or glaucous below when fully grown.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.