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

The milk may be more or less stringy, and may show a slimy flocculent sediment.

From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George

As soon as the precipitate has become flocculent, collect on a tared filter, wash with 90-percent alcohol until free from lead, wash with ether, dry and weigh.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

Leaves thick; upper surface light green, dull, smooth; lower surface pale green, pubescent, flocculent; lobes lacking; terminus acute; petiolar sinus deep, narrow; lateral sinus very shallow; teeth shallow, wide.

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