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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tomentum /təˈmɛntəm/

▶noun (pl. tomenta /-tə/) Botany a layer of matted woolly down on the surface of a plant.

– derivatives
tomentose /təˈmɛntəʊs, ˈtəʊ-/ adjective,
tomentous adjective.

– origin C17: from L., lit. ‘cushion stuffing’.

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