Associations to the word «Tomentum»

Wiktionary

TOMENTUM, noun. (botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.
TOMENTUM, noun. (zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.
TOMENTUM, noun. (anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.

Dictionary definition

TOMENTUM, noun. Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz".
TOMENTUM, noun. A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne