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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: hair, fuzz, tomentum]
2: a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex [syn: tomentum, tomentum cerebri]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural tomenta) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, cushion stuffing Date: 1699 pubescence composed of densely matted woolly hairs

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. tomenta) 1 Bot. matted woolly down on stems and leaves. 2 Anat. the tufted inner surface of the pia mater in the brain. Derivatives: tomentose adj. tomentous adj. Etymology: L, = cushion-stuffing

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tomentum To*men"tum, n.; pl. Tomenta. [L. See Tomentose. ] (Bot.) The closely matted hair or downy nap covering the leaves or stems of some plants.